Anglican Matters

LGCM is a member of the LGBT Anglican Coalition and uses this forum to engage with the Anglican Church on LGBT issues. For more information about LGCM and Anglicanism email anglican.matters@lgcm.org.uk.

• 95 Churches want to register Civil Partnerships
  January 2012
  A limited survey by the LGB&T Anglican Coalition of which LGCM is a member has already revealed that almost 100 Church of England churches would want to explore registering their buildings to offer Civil Partnerships if the Church of England woul ... more
• LGCM is concerned by the legal advice being offered to the Church of England regarding gay bishops
  June 2011
  This week lawyers for the Church of England indicated that in line with the 2010 Equality Act the Church cannot allow sexual orientation in itself to be grounds for preventing a priest being promoted to the role of bishop. However, consistent with pr ... more
• LGCM calls for a new openness and integrity in the appointment of bishops in the Church of England.
  June 2011
  [caption id="attachment_2753" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="The Very Rev Colin Slee (1945-2010)"][/caption]The recently leaked letter written by the late Very Rev Colin Slee, former dean of Southwark Cathedral, exposed the turmoil in which t ... more
• LGCM express dismay at the decision of the Crown Nominations Commission to block the appointment of Dr Jeffrey John, as Bishop of Southwark
  July 2010
  Rev Sharon Ferguson, Chief Executive of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has voiced her frustration and disappointment that for the second time Dr Jeffrey John has had his sexuality made the stumbling block to his being appointed a Bisho ... more