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Results Mixed in Changing Church Records for Transgender and Intersex Catholics

November 25, 2019/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Transgender and intersex Catholics have faced mixed results when requesting that church records be emended to reflect their actual names and gender identities. In Argentina, a transgender activist is suing a bishop who refused to change the activist's church records, a case that could now be taken up by the nation's Supreme Court. But in the Philippines, an intersex Catholic had their church records changed successfully. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Theologian Compares LGBTQ People’s Relation with Church to Katy Perry Song; And More

October 27, 2019/2 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features news items on the latest Catholic LGBTQ news and analysis, including the Virginia bishops' opposition to a conversion therapy ban. Read More

Catholic Sister in Philippines Strongly Endorses LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Bill

September 10, 2019/2 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Filipinx Catholics have testified in support of that nation's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill now under consideration with one woman religious saying the discrimination LGBTQ people cannot be ignored. Read More

CAMPUS CHRONICLES: College President Backs Transgender Student in Philippines; Campus Drag Fundraiser Cancelled; And More

May 16, 2019/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With graduations now underway, today's post features a round-up of LGBTQ-related happenings in Catholic higher education this past semester. Read More

Filipino Catholic Student Leaders Support Passage of SOGIE

August 17, 2018/1 Comment/in Higher Education, Politics & Human Rights /by Lindsay Hueston

Student leaders at seven Catholic universities in the Phillippines have come out in support of the country’s pending anti-discrimination bill that would protect LGBT community members. Read More

Catholic University in Philippines Bans Same-sex Relationships and Crossdressing

August 14, 2018/4 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education /by Lizzie Sextro

A Catholic university in the Philippines is requiring its students to sign a code of conduct that prohibits same-sex relationships, gay/lesbian sex, and cross-dressing. Read More

In Philippines: ‘L.G.B.T. are now accepted. We are very welcome.’

May 2, 2018/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

About 80 percent of Filipinos are Roman Catholic, and the church’s teachings often dominate public life in the Philippines. Still, Ms. Cabaluna, who considers herself very religious, said: 'L.G.B.T. are now accepted. We are very welcome.' Read More

NEWS NOTES: Bishop Categorizes LGBT Acceptance with Murder; Other LGBT Catholic News

April 8, 2018/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Bishop Patricio Buzon of Bacolod, Philippines said in his Palm Sunday homily, "It's now okay to kill; to allow couples to go on divorce; honor the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community; tolerate same-sex union, among others, where I am scared of these present situations." Read More