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The Church of Symmetrical Pointlessness papers, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The papers were a donation from the estate of Thom Higgins.
The Church of Symmetrical Pointlessness was founded in 1971 in response to local religious organizations being unwilling to be inclusive of GLBT peoples. It ceased operations by December of 1971 due to lack of interest with the formation of local Minneapolis and St. Paul congregations of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC).
The collection contains two copies of the Canon of Incorporation for The Church of Symmetrical Pointlessness.
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