Justin R. Cannon

Who is Justin R. Cannon?

Justin Russell Cannon is an American clergyman and the founding director of Inclusive Orthodoxy, an affirming outreach ministry to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans Christians centered around his booklet The Bible, Christianity, and Homosexuality, which is described by the Los Angeles Times as "an illuminating...analysis that argues the Bible doesn't condemn faithful gay relationships.". He also is the founder of Rainbow Christians, the internet’s first gay Christian personals website and a contributor to the Gay Christian Network online forum.

Justin graduated from Earlham College in 2006 where he received his B.A. in French and Francophone Studies. During his studies at Earlham College, he served on the editorial board for The Earlham Literary Magazine and started up the school's poetry appreciation group, Poetheads Anonymous. He is the editor of both Sanctified: An Anthology of Poetry by LGBT Christians, released July 2008, and Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church, released January 2011, and was interviewed in the 2012 film The Right to Love: An American Family.