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“The Scars Embody Liberation”: A Transgender Catholic’s Call for Self-Care

June 18, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Michael Sennett

Many LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies proclaimed the simple truth that gender-affirming care is self-care. Read More

Catholic Groups, Including USCCB, Seek Halt to Federal Protections for Transgender Athletes

June 12, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Three Catholic organizations, including the U.S. bishops' conference, have asked the U.S. Department of Education to halt efforts to protect transgender athletes in schools. Read More

Editor of “U.S. Catholic” Urges Faithful to Embrace and Love Transgender Youth

June 7, 2023/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

"Every trans child and teenager struggling under these new laws was created and is beloved by God." —Emily Sanna Read More

Trans Artists’ “Unholy” Performance at Grammys Has Lessons for Christians, Writes Journalist

May 20, 2023/2 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Gender Identity, Uncategorized /by Grace Doerfler

"This memory was strong in his mind as he commented on how negatively Christians responded to Sam Smith’s and Kim Petras’ performance of the song 'Unholy' at the Grammy Awards this winter, which had allusions to Satan." Read More

Affirming God Is Beyond Gender Opens Pathways to LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Writes Theologian

May 2, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Angela Howard-McParland

“Does God have a gender?” Sr. Barbara E. Reid, OP, asks this question in a recent U.S. Catholic column—and her answer has tremendous relevance to LGBTQ+ issues. Read More

Germany’s Synodal Way Is a “Source of Hope” for Transgender Catholics, Writes Delegate

April 18, 2023/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

"The final Assembly of the Synodal Way in Germany was an emotional rollercoaster for queer people in attendance, like me, and others watching from home. In the end, it became a source of hope." Read More

“The Sorrow in My Heart is Deeper than Ever.”

April 2, 2023/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

As I write this reflection, the sorrow in my heart is deeper than ever. I see and hear in the person of Jesus those in the LGBTQIA+ community and especially those transgender and nonbinary persons who have experienced this same betrayal. Read More

Someday Never Comes

April 1, 2023/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Guest Contributor

How long must we wait for a pastoral response from bishops when someday never comes? Read More

6,000+ Catholic Sisters Issue Statement of Solidarity with Transgender Community

March 31, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Over two dozen communities of women religious have endorsed a statement of solidarity with transgender people in a moment when trans and nonbinary are increasingly under oppressed in civil society and the church. Read More

For Trans Day of Visibility, A Telling of “The Parable of the White Sneakers”

March 31, 2023/5 Comments/in Gender Identity, Personal Stories /by Guest Contributor

Jesus would not be on the side of those who belittle and demean transgender people and their experiences. Read More

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