GLAAD expresses support for an Indiana pastor after his removal for appearing in drag on HBO's We're Here

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Pastor Craig Duke was "relieved of his pastoral duties" after he demonstrated his progressive and accepting attitude toward queer and non-binary people -- including his pansexual daughter -- by dressing up in drag in the HBO reality show's episode set in Evansville, Indiana. Ross Murray of the GLAAD Media Institute said of Duke's reported firing: "Pastor Craig Duke stepped into a community that has experienced disproportionate church-based trauma to proclaim a message of God’s love for all of creation. Pastor Craig is emulating the example of Jesus, who also spent time with those who were rejected by the pious. That his own church members bully him and the church hierarchy into removing him from his ministry is a disservice to the congregation, to the Evanston community, and to the ministry of the United Methodist Church.”