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“Bondings 2.0” Announces New Digital Forum to Expand the LGBTQ Catholic Conversation

March 30, 2020/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Scriptural Reflections, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One of the great joys for "Bondings 2.0's" editors and writers in these last seven years has been the community of readers and commenters which has developed. Now we seek to expand that conversation. Read More

NEWS NOTES: San Marino Bans Discrimination; Episcopal Priests Mourn Catholic Lesbian’s Death; And More

March 28, 2020/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features news items on the country of San Marino banning anti-LGB discrimination, Episcopal Church's solidarity with a Catholic lesbian who died, and more. Read More

COVID-19, Closed Churches, and LGBTQ Catholics

March 18, 2020/2 Comments/in Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Is there anything that LGBTQ Catholics and allies lose because of the closing of churches and religious programs? Read More

Catholic Agency’s Challenge Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Upend Non-Discrimination Law

March 3, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Melissa Feito

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to hear a case that may dramatically change laws regarding religious exemptions from non-discrimination laws. Read More

Top Feminist Theologian Criticizes India’s New Transgender Law from Catholic Perspective

February 19, 2020/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

An op-ed in "Matters India" by Virginia Saldhana, aprominent Catholic lay theologian and former secretary of the Federation of Asian Catholic Bishops' Conferences' Office of Laity, Family, and Women, discusses India’s Transgender Persons Law passed in November. Read More

South Dakota Bishops “Praised” New Bill Banning Some Healthcare for Transgender Youth

February 16, 2020/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

In several U.S. states where local governments have taken up LGBTQ rights, the Catholic hierarchy is placing itself in opposition to equality. Today's post features three related stories. Read More

Catholics Pushback Against Bishop Paprocki’s Policy Against Transgender Church Workers, Students

February 15, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Melissa Feito

LGBTQ Catholics and allies are responding critically to a new transgender policy set by the Diocese of Springfield’s Bishop Thomas Paprocki. Read More

Jamie Manson: New Diocesan Policy ‘Puts Transgender Folks in Bishops’ Crosshairs’

February 14, 2020/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

National Catholic Reporter columnist Jamie Manson has responded to Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki's new anti-transgender policy by suggesting the bishops are putting "trans folks in their crosshairs." Read More

Bishop Paprocki Threatens Transgender Church Workers, Catholic School Students in New Policy

February 10, 2020/13 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A new policy in the Diocese of Springfield (Illinois) outlines the repressive approach to gender identity issues mandated by Bishop Thomas Paprocki, including threats against LGBTQ church workers and students in Catholic schools. Read More

Jesuit Magazine Publishes Defense of LGBTQ-Inclusive Sexual Education

February 7, 2020/1 Comment/in Healthcare, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In an essay published in a leading online Catholic magazine, a queer writer has defended Australia’s LGBTQ-inclusive sex education program. Read More