Diana Rivers’s sculpture called Goddess Rising is the centerpiece of her home altar. Courtesy of Diana Rivers

Diana Rivers goes from atheist to pagan while serving cakes for the Queen of Heaven.

Jade River, in Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1983, when Jade and Lynnie Levy co-founded the Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess- International.

Mother’s Brew bar, managed by Jade River, was a lesbian-feminist cultural center for the Louisville, Kentucky region, and a safe space for lesbians.

Carolyn Mobley has seen the racism in the LGBT movement. She works from within to make concrete change, which motivates her as a Black, lesbian preacher.