Addie Liechty is a voice for LGBTQ inclusivity in the Mennonite Church, which is part of the Anabaptist tradition, which is historically against homosexuality and from which the Amish religion emerged. In an article “The children are listening” in TheMennonite magazine, Addie says: “My thought process put simply was ‘being gay hurts. I don’t want to hurt. Being gay means people will reject me. I don’t want to be rejected.’”

Addie Liechty, a licensed clinical social worker, lives in Oakland, Calif., where she practices psychotherapy in private practice and at the Well Clinic. She is a 2006 graduate of Goshen College, where she studied Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies. She's a member of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, where she was baptized in 2011.

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Read her article at www.themennonite.org/opinion/the-children-are-listening

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Connect with Torah, speaker + memoir author of An Amish Girl in Manhattan: Escaping At Age 15, Breaking All the Rules, and Feeling Safe Again

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Connect with Addie:

www.wellsanfrancisco.com/staff/addie-liechty/