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Gay Catholic School Teacher Resigns After Students Forcibly Out Him on TikTok

July 15, 2022/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Bobby Nichols

High school students in Australia have forced a Catholic teacher to resign after forcibly outing him as gay via TikTok. Read More

Gay Teacher at Catholic School Appeals for an End to the Firing of LGBTQ Church Workers

July 17, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

An LGBTQ Catholic school teacher has shared his reflections on the church’s too-frequent problem of firing LGBTQ employees, following the recent dismissal of two of his colleagues Read More

Lesbian Teacher Reports Catholic School Withdrew Contract After Mention of Fianceé

August 28, 2019/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A lesbian teacher has reported that a Catholic school withdrew an employment offer over her sexual orientation. 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

Disputes Erupt in Alberta over Anti-LGBT “Morality Clauses” in Church Worker Contracts

December 15, 2018/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Controversies have erupted in Alberta, Canada over church workers can be forced to sign LGBT-negative contract clauses as a condition of employment, a situation which has prompted both LGBT advocates and government officials to speak out as well as a convening of the province's bishops. Read More

Education Official Defends Catholic Participation in Scotland’s New LGBT Curriculum

December 11, 2018/4 Comments/in Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A key church official in Scotland has affirmed Catholics' participation in developing the country's new LGBT curriculum, reportedly the first such standards to be implemented in the world and which set a model for Catholic education worldwide. Read More