 Any UU church desiring to become a Welcoming Congregation must meet the requirements set out in "The Welcoming Congregation Handbook" by LGBTQ Ministries.Once the requirements have been met, the UUA designates that church as a Welcoming Congregation and adds an icon to the listing in the UUA Directory.From 1993 until 2016, there was a fellowship of LGBT Unitarian Universalists and supporters called Interweave Continental.