Kittredge Cherry

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Kittredge Cherry is a lesbian Christian author, minister and art historian. She founded Jesus in Love, an online resource for LGBT spirituality and the arts. Cherry was ordained by Metropolitan Community Churches and served as its National Ecumenical Officer, advocating for LGBT rights at the National Council of Churches and World Council of Churches. She holds degrees in journalism and art history from the University of Iowa, and a master of divinity degree from Pacific School of Religion. Her books include Lambda Literary Award finalist Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ (AndroGyne Press), Hide and Speak (HarperSanFrancisco) Womansword (Kodansha International) and her Jesus in Love novels. The New York Times Book Review praised her “ ...more

On stage with Troy Perry at the 1993 March on Washington for LGBTQ rights

Last Updated on February 1, 2026 by Kittredge Cherry Gay-rights pioneer Troy Perry spoke to a crowd of a million people at the 1993 March on Washington for LGBTQ rights — and I was there on stage with him as his photographer and publicist. It was one of the peak experiences in my life. Troy […]

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“Psychologically, Japanese women depend largely on each other. In their sex-segregated society, they could be criticized for living in a female ghetto, and yet they have what some American feminists are trying to build, a ”women’s culture” with its own customs, values and even language.”
Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women

“In direct confrontation, the [Japanese] women might yield like blades of grass -- and spring back just as quickly. One of them compared this flexibility to the Vietcong guerrillas…”
Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women

“When [Japanese] women encouraged men to bask in public glory, it reminded me of the way you would indulge a child with a sweet-bean treat.”
Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women

“But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?”
Ellen Douglas, A Lifetime Burning

“The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!”
Harvey Milk

“Psychologically, Japanese women depend largely on each other. In their sex-segregated society, they could be criticized for living in a female ghetto, and yet they have what some American feminists are trying to build, a ”women’s culture” with its own customs, values and even language.”
Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women

“To attract boyfriends, American girls pretend they are women, while Japanese women pretend they are girls.”
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“When [Japanese] women encouraged men to bask in public glory, it reminded me of the way you would indulge a child with a sweet-bean treat.”
Kittredge Cherry, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say about Women

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