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Catholic Schools To Recognize Students' Chosen Gender Identities

In an historic policy, Catholic schools in the Canadian city of Vancouver will recognize transgender... Read More

Mexican Bishop Calls Homophobic People "Sick"

In an interview with El País newspaper, the outspoken bishop used some of his most powerful... Read More

Croatia Defies Catholic Bishops by Legally Recognizing Same-Gender Couples

Croatian government officials challenged the predominantly Catholic nation’s ban on marriage equality by passing a law... Read More

Transgender Woman Prepares to Enter Carmelite Convent

One of the places where Catholicism and gender are most strongly inscribed together is the... Read More

New Employment Contract Clauses Raise a Host of Issues

Oakland, California’s Bishop Michael Barber issued a statement recently to try to clarify the new... Read More

A Few Steps Forward, and then Some Back, on Marriage Equality

There’s been good news and bad news recently regarding Catholic leaders’ opinions on legal protections for same-gender... Read More

Fired Gay Teacher Files Legal Complaint in a Case Where Ironies Abound

The running controversy over LGBT people being fired from jobs in Catholic schools and parishes... Read More

What Makes a Catholic Advocate for LGBT Equality Tick?

As one of the co-founders of New Ways Ministry, I’ve had the pleasure of working... Read More

Religious Leaders, Including Catholics, Call on Obama to Oppose Religious Exemption in Upcoming Executive Order

President Barack Obama’s expected executive order barring federal contractors from employment discrimination based on sexual... Read More

Are Vatican Officials 'Feeling with the Church'?

Do you disagree with the hierarchy’s explication of a certain Church teaching? If so, then... Read More