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Catholics and Joe Biden Can Find Common Ground for Equality, Writes Lay Minister

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Catholic social teaching can provide common ground for President Joe Biden and U.S. Catholics to work together on LGBTQ issues, Yunuen Trujillo suggested in a recent op-ed for the National Catholic Reporter. Read More

U.S. Bishops Reject President Biden’s New LGBTQ Executive Order as “Misguided”

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The U.S. bishops have voiced their opposition to a new executive order signed by President Joe Biden to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. Read More

With Joe Biden’s Inauguration Today, a Catholic President Is Set to Lead on LGBTQ Equality

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U.S. President-elect Joseph Biden, who is being inaugurated today, should utilize his Catholic principles to enact policies which protect the LGBTQ community. Read More

U.S. Bishops Signal Potential “Showdown” with Biden Over Equality Act, Other Issues

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Meeting virtually this week, the U.S. bishops reaffirmed that the nation's episcopal conference remains deeply conservative. In concluding remarks, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) head took aim at President-elect Joe Biden in what one journalist has suggested might become a "showdown" between church leaders and the new administration, in part because of LGBTQ equality. Read More

Biden Attends Mass at Parish on New Ways Ministry’s LGBTQ-Friendly List

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There is one more item to add to the list of President-elect Joe Biden's pro-equality record: his Mass attendance at an LGBTQ-friendly parish. Read More

Joe Biden: Second Catholic President, First One With Strong LGBTQ Record

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Joe Biden, the U.S. President-Elect, is only the second Catholic to rise to the nation's highest office.  But he is the first president who comes to office with a sterling record on LGBTQ issues. Read More

Haitian Church Leaders Oppose Legal Reforms to Protect LGBTQ People; And More News

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Today's post features news about Haitian church leaders' opposition to protections for LGBTQ people, awards for Michael O'Loughlin's podcast about AIDS and the Catholic Church, and more. Read More

Former V.P. Joe Biden Promotes LGBT Acceptance ‘As You Are’

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The Biden Foundation, a charitable organization founded by former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is seeking stories from LGBTQ+ people as part of their new campaign, As You Are: A Family and Community Acceptance Campaign. In their press release, the foundation expressed the initiative as seeking to “raise awareness of the importance of family acceptance in the lives of LGBTQ young people.” Read More

Former Vice President Joe Biden Calls for Greater Global LGBT Solidarity

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Marking yesterday’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, former Vice President Joe Biden called... Read More

Former VP Joe Biden Criticizes Anti-Trans Bathroom Law Focus

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Former Vice President Joe Biden has made an appeal for transgender youths’ well-being, involving himself in... Read More