Students and Staff Protest Australian Catholic University’s Removal of Pride Flags

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Students and staff at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) are pushing back after the university directed librarians to remove rainbow Pride flags from public display on the institution's campuses. Read More

USCCB Leaders Endorse Federal Legislation Targeting Transgender Athletes

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Two leaders for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have written a supportive letter to Republican legislators who are sponsoring a bill that would restrict transgender athletes' participation in sports. Read More

From “A” to “D-“: How Catholic LGBTQ+ Leaders Grade Pope Francis At Ten Years, Part II

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Today’s post, the second of two parts, features responses from leading LGBTQ+ Catholics, theologians, pastoral ministers, and reform advocates about how the first ten years of Pope Francis' tenure has gone. Read More

The Results Are In: Here Is How Catholics Graded Pope Francis on LGBTQ+ Issues

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Today is the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ election. What did you, the readers of Bondings 2.0, give Pope Francis as a grade on LGBTQ+ issues? Read More

New Article Highlights Tensions in LGBTQ+ Pastoral Ministry at Catholic Colleges

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A recent piece in the National Catholic Reporter suggests that both Catholic and Protestant colleges are often serving as this liminal space where queer students experience acceptance, as well as the contradiction of anti-LGBTQ+ theological underpinnings. Read More

Jesuit Universities Host Drag Show, Celebrate Queer History, and More

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With the academic year underway, today's post features three LGBTQ+ stories from Catholic Jesuit higher education. Read More

Across U.S., Catholic Educators Criticize Wave of Diocesan Anti-Transgender Policies

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Catholic educators are saving lives as they build communities of welcome for LGBTQ+ students despite some dioceses' attempts to enact transgender-exclusionary policies.  Read More

New Zealand Bishops’ New Gender Policy for Catholic Schools Relies on Social Justice

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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. Read More

Indonesian Catholics Oppose Government Order to Suppress LGBTQ+ Education

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Catholics in predominantly-Muslim Indonesia have become vocal opponents of a new provincial order aimed at suppressing LGBTQ+ people in education, as the Catholics argue the order could institutionalize discrimination. Read More

USCCB Education Chair Says Gender Policies Causing Decline in Parochial Schools

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The chair of the U.S. Conference Catholic Bishops' education committee has entered the growing debate in the church around gender policies for Catholic schools, and he has sided with those who do not support inclusive policies. Read More