Love with Ruth Hunt
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This week on the podcast Katherine and Paul welcome *takes deep breath* openly-Catholic gay rights campaigner, life-long advocate for inclusion and equality, ex-CEO of Stonewall and recently appointed Baroness of Bethnal Green, Ruth Hunt. With inclusion, love and acceptance in our minds, we discuss the complex relationship between religion and sexuality and ask each other why the church is STILL so obsessed with who we love? Ruth talks about her own journey in connecting her faith with her advocacy. Plus, Katherine and Paul talk more about our plans for our #GBWildAtHome festival weekend and respond to critics who accuse Greenbelt of being an echo-chamber of lovey-dovey ideals. Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below. ____ ABOUT RUTH HUNT Ruth Hunt is a co-founder and director of organisational change consultancy, Deeds & Words, which she runs with her partner Caroline Ellis. Prior to this she was CEO of LGBT human rights charity Stonewall, where she worked her way up through the policy and campaigning team over fourteen years. In this time the UK took huge steps towards equality for LGBT people, including equal marriage and equal adoption rights for same-sex couples. During her tenure as CEO, Stonewall also became trans inclusive. In 2019 Ruth became Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green and continues to fight for societal change and a kinder type of politics from the cross-benches. Ruth is a practising Christian and lives in London with her partner Caroline. Insta: ruthiehunt Twitter: @ruth_hunt ____ LINKS AND RESOURCES Stonewall https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ Deeds & Words https://www.deedsandwords.co.uk/  OUT at Greenbelt https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/out-at-greenbelt/ https://www.facebook.com/OutatGreenbelt/ https://twitter.com/outatgreenbelt Caroline Criado Perez https://www.carolinecriadoperez.com/ Stonewall’s glossary of LGBT+ terms https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-advice/faqs-and-glossary/glossary-terms  ____ TAKE ACTION You can find a list of open UK petitions around LGBT+ issues here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&q=lgbt  ____ 00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In 00:30 - Katherine and Paul catch up 01:39 - Katherine and Paul on the upcoming festival weekend 03:20 - Listener questions and comments 05:40 - Introducing Ruth Hunt and her work 06:06 - Ruth joins the conversation 06:20 - Ruth on lockdown 08:00 - Ruth on being a Baroness 10:08 - Ruth on Deeds & Words 12:34 - Ruth on gender and racial bias in tech 13:55 - Ruth on Stonewall 16:40 - Ruth on trans inclusion 17:50 - Ruth on making effective change 20:00 - Ruth on Greenbelt Festival and faith 21:38 - Talk Snippet from #GB15 ‘Thou Shalt Not Be Overcome: LGBT People, Our Allies, and the Christian Church’ 30:39 - Ruth on The Book of Queer Prophets 33:57 - Ruth on why the church still cares about who we love 36:30 - Ruth on human compassion 37:48 - Ruth on hope for the future and Black Lives Matter 42:18 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Ruth 51:00 - LGBT+ communities and Greenbelt Festival 54:25 - OUT at Greenbelt 1:01:51 - Thank you’s 1:02:39 - Hidden Track - Ruth’s guide to LGBT+ terminology  ____ A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires. ____ https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ #SomewhereToBelieveIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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