Abigail Favale’s “The Genesis of Gender” Forgoes Transgender Realities, Writes Reviewer

A new book on Christian ideas about gender fails to do justice to the realities of many transgender and gender nonconforming Catholics, according to a trans book reviewer. Read More

Three Years Later, Theologians Reflect on Vatican’s Trans-Negative Schools Document

America recently published a conversation between two theologians who were looking back, three years later, at the Vatican's then-Congregation for Catholic Education’s (CCE) 2019 instruction ​​“‘Male and Female He Created Them’: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education.” Read More

Catholic High School Coach Resigns After Parent Complaint Over Same-Gender Marriage

A rowing coach at a Catholic high school in Ohio has resigned after a parent complained about the coach's same-gender marriage, according to The Toledo Blade. Read More

New Symposium Features Young LGBTQ+ Theologians’ Insights on Political Theology

A new online symposium wrestles with the question: “How would Roman Catholic political theology and ethics change if it took seriously the experiences and thought of queer Catholics?” Read More

Candidates for USCCB Presidency Include Mostly LGBTQ-Negative U.S. Bishops

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops begins its fall meeting today, at which a new conference president and vice-president will be elected. The candidates include some of the most conservative bishops in the U.S. Today's post includes brief description of the candidates' records on LGBTQ+ issues where possible. Read More

Catholic Universities Celebrate LGBTQ Students with Queer Prom and Pridefest

Two campus news stories show the LGBTQ progress that continues to be made in Catholic higher education. Read More

Even the Stones Will Cry Out

As Holy Week descends upon us, I think of Jesus’ words in the context of a wave of legislation in the U.S. that is attempting to attack the most vulnerable in our LGBTQ community. Read More

“Amoris Laetitia”: Church Thinking Needs to Move from the Abstract to the Particular

How do these forms of LGBTQ erasure and dehumanization come to exist in a teaching document written within the last five years? Read More

Church Worker Faces Second Firing from Catholic Institution Over LGBTQ Marriage

A church worker has been fired from a Catholic institution for the second time over his same-gender marriage. Read More

Catholic Schools in South Bend Host Programs for Transgender Inclusion, Remembrance

Catholic universities in South Bend, Indiana recently hosted events to advocate and to honor transgender people. Read More