In South Korea, Monthly Mass Helps LGBTQ+ Catholics Find Community
A South Korean archdiocese has provided support to a forum aimed at spiritually nourishing LGBTQ+ people and helping them to speak out against discrimination.
Sarah Cassidy (she/her) is a writer and student from New York. She is a graduate from Fordham University, where she majored in Psychology and minored in English and Classical Civilizations. She spent a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps where she was placed in San Francisco, CA. While there, Sarah worked as a case manager at a local nonprofit focused on family stabilization. She is currently a graduate student at Columbia University School of Social Work. Sarah is passionate about LGBTQ+ rights, church reform, and community organizing.
A South Korean archdiocese has provided support to a forum aimed at spiritually nourishing LGBTQ+ people and helping them to speak out against discrimination.
Students and alumni from Catholic schools in Cleveland have continued protests against a new diocesan policy restricting the rights of LGBTQ+ students and staff.
Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ, is currently grieving the loss of freedom for many LGBTQ+ students in Ohio.
A Catholic magazine is asking readers to complete a survey answering the question, “Is queer theology compatible with Catholicism?”
LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters are celebrating a new set of guidelines that aims to treat LGBTQ+ individuals with “welcome, love, and respect.”
Several Catholic priests in Germany held a blessing ceremony for same-gender couples, defying the local archbishop who does not permit such liturgies.
Queer dating in a cis- and heteronormative society comes with a bunch of cultural and social difficulties. Queer dating in the Catholic world often means additional obstacles for marginalized people seeking love.
While Thompson knows that “Catholics are supposed to believe” in the gender binary of only male and female, she cannot support this understanding. For her, that binary has been used as a form of control, power, and suppression.
This week, Bondings 2.0 is featuring series on ways in which some Catholics and their allies are using the U.S. legal system to stop and even rollback LGBTQ+ rights. Today’s post about a court ruling in a church-related employment discrimination lawsuit.
A new article from a Catholic media outlet has highlighted the plight of LGBTQ+ refugees, for whom each day is “difficult and full of challenges.” In one refugee camp, a majority of these LGBTQ+ refugees are Catholic.
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