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REVEREND TROY PERRY: QUEERCORE PODCAST

  • Oct 2, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 31

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH


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Reverend Troy Perry by Pat Rocco, circa 1970.

He’s preaching revolution! In this episode, Reverend Troy Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, joins us to chart his unlikely journey from Southern Baptist roots to gay‐affirming ministry and queer liberation. He recalls founding MCC in his living room in 1968, officiating groundbreaking same-sex marriages, and fighting for dignity when society told him faith and queerness could never co-exist.


There were fires—literal and metaphorical—that threatened his church, courtroom battles, and protests in the street. Through it all, he held onto something radical: that God loves us all, fully and without apology. Tune in to witness faith as resistance and prophecy as sanctuary.


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