Catholics Resist Bay Area Bishops’ Letter Denying Transgender Identities
Catholic parents and community members have strongly resisted a transgender-negative joint letter from two California bishops this fall.
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Catholic parents and community members have strongly resisted a transgender-negative joint letter from two California bishops this fall.
Ohio Catholics have strongly criticized a new restrictive diocesan gender policy which threatens to ban LGBTQ+ people and allies from participation in the church should they act in an “inappropriate or scandalous way.”
An archdiocesan gender policy that has been made public bans transgender students from attending Catholic schools, and also implies LGBTQ+ parents, employees, and even allies should be excluded or fired.
A U.S. bishop has suggested that being transgender is a result of the Fall and made other negative comments in a new letter on gender.
New Zealand’s bishops have released pastoral guidelines on sexual and gender diversity in Catholic schools which are far more inclusive and respectful than many other gender policies announced in recent years.
Australia’s bishops have published a new guide about gender in Catholic education that, while adhering to transgender-negative beliefs, presents a more nuanced approach than similar diocesan policies in the United States.
A South Dakota diocese has issued a new policy on LGBTQ+ issues that admits it is “intentionally exclusionary,” in particular to transgender and non-binary people.
Another U.S. diocese has issued new restrictive policies regarding LGBTQ students and staff in Catholic schools, which, at one point, compare being openly transgender with sexual abuse.
A bishop in Virginia has released a new document on gender identity issues that, among other problematic issues, demands Catholics not use transgender people’s correct names and pronouns.
A German bishop has pledged not to sanction any priest who blesses a same-gender couple in May as part of a church reform event being organized, while another bishop in that country reiterated his support for new ways of thinking about sexuality.