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Catholic Speaker Left Alone on Stage After LGBTQ-Negative Remarks Cause Mass Walkout

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Students in Australia walked out of a Catholic university’s commencement after the keynote speaker made troubling comments about LGBTQ+ and abortion rights. Read More

“Cura Personalis” Leads Georgetown University to Embrace Gender-Inclusive Housing

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I have come to believe that it is because of Georgetown’s commitment to cura personalis — not despite its Catholic identity — that the university is growing to truly embrace and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ campus community. Read More

Belmont Abbey Student’s Decision to Come Out in 2004 Offers Lessons for Today

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The current welcoming atmosphere for LGBTQ+ people in Catholic higher education is the result of many people who advocated for inclusion long before it was widely accepted. Matt Ottaviani is one of these people, and today's post explains why. Read More

Amid Pride Dispute, Faculty to Hold Confidence Vote on Catholic School’s President

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Faculty members at St. Edward’s University, Texas, are expected to hold a confidence vote about the school’s president, following students' concerns about the administration’s removal of a Pride flag on campus. Read More

Catholic Schools Week: Paving a Queer Way Forward for Ministerial Work

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Already, each of us paved our own separate ways through exclusionary sentiments and doctrine in the Church to get to that room.  Read More

In Reversal, Saint Mary’s College Ends Policy Welcoming Transgender Students

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A Catholic women's college has reversed its decision to admit transgender students after facing backlash from the local bishop. Read More

Catholic Colleges in Minnesota Announce Joint Policy on Nonbinary Student Admissions

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Two gender-segregated Catholic colleges have announced a new joint policy on nonbinary student admissions that recognizes and respects both the institutions' histories and young people's present realities. Read More

DePaul U. Students Seek Anti-LGBTQ+ Group Removal from Campus; Other Updates

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With another academic semester concluding, today's post highlights several stories about LGBTQ+ issues in Catholic education. Read More

Villanova University Issues New Guide on Being Transgender and Nonbinary Inclusive

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Villanova University has issued new guidance to faculty and staff aimed at providing more gender-inclusive language and curricula. At just two pages long, the list of suggestions to faculty and staff is brief, but includes valuable best practices which could be applied to all Catholic institutions of higher learning. Read More

Georgetown Students Protest Anti-Transgender Catholic Group’s Campus Presence

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When a group of anti-transgender protestors arrived at the front gates of Georgetown University this past semester, students quickly organized an impromptu counter-protest to support trans students Read More