Episode 06: Call the Freakin' Deacon with Ross Murray!
Yass, Jesus!
English - May 03, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 83.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsComedy Religion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In uncertain times, it helps to turn to your spiritual leaders. For us here atYass, Jesus! , that's Ross Murray. Ross has guided us through so much and we hope that you can take some comfort from him, too.
About Ross Murray:
Ross Murray is the Senior Director of Education & Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, which provides activist, spokesperson, and media engagement training and education for LGBTQ and allied community members and organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Ross uses the best practices perfected by GLAAD to train a new generation of advocates in order to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people, as well as other marginalized communities.
Ross works with individuals and organizations who are bringing LGBTQ equality to their own communities through their advocacy. He helps them craft a media strategy and prepares to be able to tell that story effectively, and calls others to action.
Ross has secured national media interest in stories that bring examples of LGBTQ equality across diverse communities in America. He specializes in relationship between religion and LGBTQ people. He has written and appeared on numerous media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Religion News Service. In 2014, he was named one of Mashable's "10 LGBT-Rights Activists to Follow on Twitter."
Ross is a consecrated Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a specific calling to advocate for LGBTQ people and to bridge the LGBTQ and faith communities.
Ross is also a founder and director of The Naming Project, a faith-based camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies. The Naming Project has also been the subject of much media, including the award-winning film Camp Out, as well as the controversial episode "Pray the Gay Away?" of Our America with Lisa Ling.
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