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A Prayer for Transgender Day of Remembrance

New Ways Ministry offers the following prayer for individual or communal use for the International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, 2024. Read More

Students, Faculty Protest St. Norbert College’s Change to Regressive Gender Policy

Saint Norbert College, a Catholic liberal arts school in De Pere, Wisconsin, has changed its gender policy to recognize only two genders, male and female. Read More

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

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

Catholic Radio Broadcasters Refuse to Comply with Nonbinary-Inclusive Federal Regulation

A network of Catholic radio broadcasters has filed a petition asking for pro-LGBTQ+ federal employment regulations to be vacated over religious liberty concerns, part of a wider and harmful trend in U.S. Catholicism of using courts to undo LGBTQ+ rights. Read More

English Diocese Bans Pride Celebrations in Restrictive Gender Policy for Catholic Schools

The Diocese of Nottingham has published a guide on gender identity issues in Catholic schools, which, among other restrictions, bans celebrations of Pride. Read More

History Shows Church Leaders’ Rigid Sex Binary Is “Theological Choice,” Argues Scholar

Gender fluidity was once recognized within the Catholic Church, and today's rigid adherence to a sex binary by some church leaders is a “theological choice,” not an absolute truth, argues one scholar. Read More

Nonbinary Lay Leader in Germany Shares Hopes for LGBTQ-Inclusive Church

Today's post details a more extensive interview that nonbinary Catholic Mara Klein gave about the German church's synodal work, their place in the church, and how to advance LGBTQ+ reforms. Read More

Georgetown U. Offers Gender-Neutral Housing to All Incoming Students

Gender-neutral housing will now be available at Georgetown University next fall for first year students thanks to a pilot program at the Jesuit school in Washington, D.C. Read More

Let’s Not Be Naïve about “Dignitas Infinita”

Let me be clear: I do not think either of these two documents were written maliciously. But I do think they were written naïvely. Read More

Catholic Parents in Malta Say “Dignitas Infinita” Is Devastating for Transgender People

The members of Drachma Parents were greatly distressed when we read Dignitas Infinita and saw our Trans* siblings who are being once again pushed to the periphery and again denied any small shaft of light they might have found to make them feel whole. Read More