Maine churches reflecting historic few years for LGBTQ+ community [Video]

PORTLAND, Maine — Over the years, the lyrics to many of Ophelia Hu Kinney’s favorite church songs haven’t changed, but her feelings towards them have. 

As a queer Christian woman, she could sing about being a child of God, but believing it was hard when she was growing up attending churches that were not affirming, meaning they weren’t accepting of LGBTQ+ members. 

“It’s impossible to embody that, to really believe that, and be a part of the community full on,” Hu Kinney said.

Now as an adult, with a wife and daughter, she’s finally able to sing, pray, and simply exist in a church where her entire family is welcome. “It kind of feels like, for the first time in a long time, you go from that …