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Catholic School Students Walk Out of Class to Protest Decision Not to Fly Pride Flag

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Students in one Canadian Catholic school district walked out of classes last week to protest district officials' decision not to fly the Pride flag this month. Today's post includes that news and other LGBTQ-related stories from Canada's Catholic schools. Read More

Catholic Groups, Including USCCB, Seek Halt to Federal Protections for Transgender Athletes

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Three Catholic organizations, including the U.S. bishops' conference, have asked the U.S. Department of Education to halt efforts to protect transgender athletes in schools. Read More

Catholic School Official Criticizes Trustee’s Comparison of Pride Flags to Nazism

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The question of whether or not to fly Pride flags at Canadian Catholic schools this month continues to roil districts. Most recently, a top official in one district has compared the Pride flag to Nazism, while in another the school board voted to not fly the flag at all. Read More

Two-Spirit Student Leaves Catholic School After Repeated Gender-Based Discrimination

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A Two-Spirit student has left Montana Catholic high school after facing discrimination due to the local diocese's transgender-negative policy couple with school administrators' actions.  Read More

Catholic Teacher in Scotland Raises Concern about Anti-Gay Material in Textbook

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A Catholic high school teacher in Scotland who is also a city councilor has criticized a a religion textbook used in the Archdiocese of Glasgow schools as anti-gay. Read More

Alumni Protest New Hampshire Catholic School Over Firing of LGBTQ+ and Ally Teachers

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Community members of a New Hampshire Catholic school have launched protests alleging school administrators fired staff members who refused to attend an anti-transgender training. Read More

“Rules Are Written for the Majority”: Dress Codes in Catholic Schools and LGBTQ+ Students

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Curious about dress codes at other Catholic high schools, I scoured online handbooks and had conversations with other administrators. Beyond reading their dress codes, I wanted to understand the rationale behind them. Read More

Ontario’s Education Minister Backs Effort to Fly Pride Flags at Province’s Catholic Schools

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Ontario's education minister and a leading Canadian newspaper have publicly defended the flying of Pride flags and other supports for LGBTQ+ students in the province's Catholic schools after a heated dispute on the issue last month. Read More

Police Intervene During Canadian Catholic School Board Meeting on LGBTQ+ Support

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Tensions escalated at a Catholic school board meeting in Canada over whether the school district would fly a Pride flag this June, which resulted in police being called to the meeting. Read More

Journalist Details Challenges LGBTQ+ Students Face in Kentucky’s Catholic Schools

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In Kentucky’s Catholic schools, LGBTQ+ students don’t always have an easy time. One student recently described some of those challenges in detail for a website created by young people and students across the state. Read More