Transgender Day of Remembrance Archives

Catholics Join in Praying for the Departed on Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 20, 2020/0 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Transgender, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a time set aside to mourn the deaths and honor the lives of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people who died of violence. Read More

Catholic Bishops’ Transgender Tweet Causes Controversy

November 30, 2018/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Transgender /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

LGBT issues have become such a flashpoint in our church that even a call for prayers can invoke controversy. Read More

For Transgender Day of Remembrance, Reflecting on Victims as “Dangerous Memories” Proclaiming God’s Reign

November 20, 2018/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Transgender, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today, marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember these victims and the hundreds of other trans people who suffer lethal violence worldwide. But memorializing is not enough. We must let their "dangerous memories" speak loudly, and by doing so be orient us towards a world where trans equality is our reality. Read More

Transgender Day of Remembrance: Time for Catholics to Speak and Act

November 20, 2017/1 Comment/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Transgender /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to pause to think about the many transgender people beaten and murdered over the past year, and for many years previously. Read More