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Sydney Catholic Schools Apologizes for Student Musical Featuring Queer Couple

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Australian parents and educators are engaged in disagreement over the depiction of a gay couple in a recent production of School of Rock, produced by the Sydney Catholic Schools organization. Read More

Globe Theatre Celebrate New Play Portraying Joan of Arc as a Nonbinary Saint

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A new play at the historic Globe Theatre portrays Joan of Arc as nonbinary, bringing a fresh perspective to the story of the 15th-century Catholic saint. Read More

Remembering Terrence McNally and His Controversial Depiction of Gay Men & Catholicism

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he New York Times’ obituary of playwright Terrence McNally who died in late-March from COVID-19, recalled his many accomplishments, including multiple Tony awards and his ability to expand theater audiences’ horizons through his depictions of gay life. McNally was the creator of Corpus Christi, though, in a separate remembrance of the playwright  in Commonweal, Paul Baumann notes this controversial gay play was curiously absent from the Times’ recounting of McNally’s works.  Read More

Two Plays Tackle Complexities of LGBTQ People’s Lives and Relationships

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Two plays running in the U.S., "Bare" and "The Inheritance", are bringing LGBTQ stories to the stage. Read More

LGBTQ Dispute Leads Catholic Healthcare System to Withdraw Support for Local Theater

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A Catholic hospital group withdrew its sponsorship of a theater in Sacramento, California in response to concerns that the health system discriminated against members of the LGBTQ community. Read More

Catholic School Apologizes After Students Removed “Nutcracker” Featuring Gay Couple

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A Catholic school is apologizing after chaperones led students out of a performance of The Nutcracker that featured a same-gender couple. Read More

New Theater Productions Tell of Queer Love in Catholic Schools

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Two queer love stories with Catholic backdrops are coming to theaters this season, enchanting international audiences with messages of perseverance and young love. Read More

Brazilian Archbishop Forces Cancellation of Performance Led by Transgender Artists

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A Brazilian archbishop has forced the cancellation of an transgender-related theater production after calling it "a prejudiced and criminal action of disrespect of the Catholic Christian faith." Read More

Catholic Schools Withdraw Funding for LGBT Play Over Reasons One Would Not Expect

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A Catholic school district in Canada has pulled funding from a musical production about a gay student's struggle for equality in Catholic education, though the reasons for the funding dispute are not what one would expect. Read More

NEWS NOTES: Transgender Jesus Play Banned, Celebrating Pride in Malta, and More

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Pride celebrations last month were particularly joyful in Malta where same-gender marriages had become legalized September 1, 2017. Other news items concern an adoption lawsuit involving Catholic Charities and a banned play about transgender Jesus. Read more... Read More