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Through Music, Gina Chavez Shares Her Story of Being Queer, Catholic, and Married

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Musician Gina Chavez is queer and Catholic, and she wants the world to know her story. Read More

Two Church Leaders Blame LGBTQ People for Coronavirus Pandemic

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Two ranking church leaders have blamed transgender people for the coronavirus pandemic currently spreading globally and imperiling billions of people's lives. Read More

At Home Due to COVID-19? Keep Busy by Advancing Catholic LGBTQ Equality

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Bondings 2.0 offers its readers suggestions for what to do to advance LGBTQ equality in the Catholic Church while staying home because of COVID-19 Read More

Austrian Catholics Include LGBTQ Equality in “Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Church”

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The International Church Reform Network (ICRN) has published a “Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Church," which emphasizes the importance of equality and a synodal approach to reform. Read More

Having Our Eyes Opened to Encounter Jesus

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Are we willing to call out to Jesus to cure us of our varied kinds of blindness? Read More

Student Praises Catholic School’s “Brilliant” Support During His Gender Transition

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Ben Hodge, a 20-year-old university student in the United Kingdom, always knew he was different. “I wasn't comfortable being a girl, so I would spend a lot of time in front of the mirror just wondering what was wrong with me? Why am I not happy,” he said.  Read More

Diocesan Magazine Features Stories of a Married Gay Church Worker and a Sex Therapist

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A diocesan magazine in Germany recently featured three perspectives on LGBTQ issues in the church, one from a gay pastoral worker, one from theologian, and one from a sex therapist. Read More

Northern Ireland’s Bishops Seek Government Ban on Priests Celebrating LGBTQ Weddings

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Bishops in Northern Ireland have endorsed civil law proposals that would impose a government ban on priests performing same-gender marriages while implementing wide religious exemptions allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people. Read More

COVID-19, Closed Churches, and LGBTQ Catholics

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

Transgender Advocate Sr. Luisa Derouen Criticizes Bishop Paprocki’s New Gender Policy

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Sr. Luisa Derouen, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace and long time spiritual companion to transgender people, has published an essay reacting to Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s controversial, transphobic policy published in January. Read More