This Advent, Staking Everything on World Without Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence
This Advent, when faced with so much anti-LGBTQ+ violence and loss, I’m staking everything on the belief that another world is possible.
Entries by Allison Connelly-Vetter
Shady Solidarity: A God Who Lifts Up the Poor
The phrase that comes to mind for me when I read this story is “shady solidarity.”
For Their Sake
“Will you do it for their sake? Will you minister to these people, these queer and trans people, these abortion patients and providers, these parents and children who are now and who are yet to be, these created beings threatened by climate catastrophe? Will you do it for them?”
Who’s Prodigal Now? Queer People Need to Know
A third definition of “prodigal” in the dictionary surprised me: “yielding abundantly: LUXURIANT.” With this definition, my understanding of the parable of the Prodigal Son shifted.
Not Today, Satan: What Crosses Do Queer People Carry?
If my sexuality brings me so much meaning and connection, how could it be my “cross”?
Coming Out in the Midst of the Storm
When I was in the earliest stages of coming out and was sorting through my feelings about my sexuality, I felt as though there was a stormy ocean inside my mind, heart, and body.
Morality Beyond “Intrinsically Disordered”: Our Call to Announce Justice
“What then is my role in living a moral life as an LGBTQ Catholic? How am I called to announce God’s justice?”
The Good News of Christ the King: Why Gay Catholics Should Celebrate Today’s Solemnity
Today is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, and the celebration feels a little pointed this year.
My Gay, Catholic Wedding (And Other Times I Recognize Myself in the Bible)
We knew that getting married as two gay, Catholic women in the deeply red state of South Dakota, especially when we were determined to have a Catholic liturgy, would be complicated. That is why, despite vastly different contexts, I see myself in today’s parable when it comes to my gay, Catholic wedding during COVID-19.
Harm, Needs, and Responsibility: Why Restorative Justice is Good News for LGBTQ Catholics
Today’s liturgical readings prompted me to think about restorative justice, and the implications it could have for LGBTQ people and the Catholic Church.