Catholic faith has been motivating Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh to block transphobic legislation. “I don’t believe God makes mistakes. I believe that transgender children are perfect the way that they are,” said Cavanaugh.
In a letter to a Catholic college newspaper, a group of students have publicly refuted another student’s exclusionary rhetoric and mischaracterization of queer theology which called the school’s Catholic identity into question.
Rising U.S. Catholic support for LGBTQ+ equality appears to be caused by strong and growing support for these issue by Latinx Catholics.
Catholic Allies, a new Indianapolis-based non-profit, is engaging families, alumni, and educators to create a more supportive environment for LGBTQ+ students in local Catholic schools, even as the archdiocese has been more restrictive on LGBTQ+ issues.
In Pakistan, Catholic leaders have responded to criticism of Pope Francis’ statement that “being homosexual isn’t a crime.” Francis’ comment, made in a January interview with The Associated Press, has drawn ire from both the Christian minority and the Muslim majority in society.
An organization representing Catholic primary schools in Ireland recently spoke out against teaching students about transgender identities, claiming that it would “add to a growing psychological contagion amongst young and vulnerable children.”
The Michigan Catholic Conference’s efforts to water down new LGBTQ+ protections in the state were ultimately unsuccessful as new nondiscrimination legislation was signed into law this month.
A Colorado archbishop has suggested transgender people are responsible for declining church attendance just weeks after he suggested the church was unfairly blamed for heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric that contributed to a mass shooting last year.
America recently invited two Catholic theologians back to continue a conversation about gender identity, which they began in the same publication late last year.
A Massachusetts diocese is again in an LGBTQ+ controversy, this time over the use of church property in relation to sex education.