LaBanca Turns a Difficult Story into a One-Man Show
A music teacher fired from a diocesan school for marrying his husband took the experience and made it a one-man show. Read More
Trans Woman’s Case Against a Catholic School Goes to State Supreme Court
“When I lost my job, I lost more than a paycheck.I lost a community I cared about and work that was intensely meaningful." Read More
Community Can Heal LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions
Learning about minority stress, and how I, as a queer Catholic working in a Catholic institution uniquely experience this phenomenon, validated my feelings and made me feel seen. Read More
Survival Strategies for Dealing With Internal “Catholic vs. LGBTQ+” Tension
Giving up either identity is often not an option. Living within the tension becomes a necessity. Read More
All Are Welcome! Are All Welcome?
The church needs the gifts of the LGBTQ+ faithful. Perhaps God designed it that way, the Holy Spirit distributing gifts among the baptised so that no one member of the body can say to another “I do not need you.” Read More
Catholic Parish Hosts Premiere of Film About Fired Gay Teacher
"This piece is not about pointing fingers,.It's about sharing the emotional struggle that somebody goes through. . ." Read More
Minnesota Supreme Court Will Hear Case of a Trans Librarian Dismissed By Catholic School
At the heart of the lawsuit is the reality that her position as a librarian was completely independent of the Church’s religious teachings. Read More
Merging DEI and Ministry Offices at Catholic College Causes Controversy
The decision also comes amid growing federal pressure, with the Trump administration threatening to revoke funding from higher education institutions that maintain DEI offices. Read More
Taking Queer People Seriously in Church Life
“If the Church truly wants to take queer people seriously, it is not enough to simply formulate tolerance. It is about genuine recognition and participation in Church life." Read More
On Following One’s Conscience–and Suffering the Consequences
Of the scores and scores of people I've met who have had to make a conscience decision that opposed dominant thought and practice, not one, no matter what the price, was ever sorry they did so. Read More