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Irish Catholic School to Introduce Gender-Neutral Uniforms, But Sex Ed Controversy Continues

July 21, 2019/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In a positive step, a Catholic school in Ireland will introduce gender-neutral uniforms and restrooms to accommodate gender non-conforming youth. But wider questions of how gender and sexuality are handled in the nation's church-run schools remain disputed. Read More

Anti-Transgender Leaflets Accidentally Given to Catholic Students; Other Education Updates

July 19, 2019/0 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two English dioceses are apologizing after an anti-LGBTQ leaflet was distributed to students in Catholic schools. Today's post features this story and two other news items from the realm of Catholic education. Read More

In New Employment Dispute, Catholic School Principal Says He Was Fired for Being Gay

July 16, 2019/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Another LGBTQ-related employment dispute has made news as the former principal of a Catholic school says he was fired for being gay--a firing which caused at least one other key school official to resign in protest. Read More

What Are Catholic LGBTQ Educators Supposed to Do With the Vatican’s Gender Document?

June 24, 2019/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Schools & Youth /by Guest Contributor

Today's post is from guest contributor Alfred Pang who writes about what the Vatican's new document on gender means for LGBTQ teachers in Catholic education. What is at stake? The vocation of teaching and the integrity of LGBTQ people. Read More

Public Charter School Challenged Over “Morality Clause” in Lease with Catholic Diocese

June 8, 2019/0 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A charter school system in Memphis, Tennessee has been threatened with legal action over leases it made with the Catholic Church that contain "morality clauses" some believe are unconstitutional. Read More

Catholic School Terminates Second Church Worker Over Same-Gender Relationship

March 27, 2019/8 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A second employee at a Catholic high school has been terminated for being in a same-gender relationship after nearly 40 years of service. Read More

Denying Child of LGBT Parents Admission to Catholic School Is Wrong, Opines Major Catholic Newspaper

March 19, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A major Catholic newspaper has opined against banning the children of LGBTQ parents from Catholic schools as tensions over one such denial escalate. Read More

Child Denied Admission to Catholic School Over Parents’ Same-Gender Union

March 8, 2019/9 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Parishioners are protesting after a Catholic school attached to their church denied admission to the young student of a same-gender couple. Read More

New Book Documents LGBTQ Discrimination in Canadian Catholic Schools

March 5, 2019/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

Despite Canada’s advances toward LGBTQ equality, a scholar’s new book on Catholic schools revealed how involved the Church is in discrimination. Read More

For Catholic Schools Week, Proposing a Simple Change that Could Save Transgender Lives

January 30, 2019/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In 2019, Catholic educators should consider one simple step which could make a great impact in the safety and flourishing of transgender/gender non-conforming students. Read More

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