Meet Bishop Karen Oliveto, (she, her, hers) who was called to the ministry at age 11, became a choir director at age 16 and began preaching over the summer of her 18th birthday! Then, she came out in seminary as Lesbian. She was arrested every year for doing Holy Unions at her 1/2 Queer 1/2 straight congregation in San Francisco. Bishop Karen performed the first same gender legal wedding in the UMC! She then became the first and only openly identified LGBTQ Bishop of the United Methodist Church! For the first 18 months as Bishop in her region, she required a body guard for herself and her wife because some folks were less than happy to welcome a fully called and Beloved by God Lesbian Bishop.