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U.S. Supreme Court’s “Conversion Therapy” Decision Harms LGBTQ+ People, But Also Our Nation’s Healthcare

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". . . to put it bluntly, the Court could be ushering in an era of unprofessional and unsafe medical care administered by effectively unsupervised healthcare providers." Read More

USCCB Religious Liberty Report Sees Gender Identity Issues as a Major Threat

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The report identifies “gender ideology” as one of the most significant pressures shaping religious freedom debates in the United States. Read More

Why Haven’t Bishops Focused on Immigration the Way they Focus on LGBTQ+ Topics?

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A Catholic newspaper's editorial rightly calls out U.S. bishops for not speaking out. Read More

The WORST Catholic LGBTQ+ News Events of 2025

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It's difficult to remember the low points of the year, but we shouldn't forget them. Read More

Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Compromises U.S. Bishops’ Authority

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The bishops' argument reduces a person’s health and flourishing to physiological function, ignoring the deep connections between mental, physical, and spiritual well-being, Read More

Spanish Bishops Criticize Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ People

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“Regardless of the complexity of situations and our world, the centrality of the person and their dignity should be normative for all Christians." Read More

U.S. Bishops’ Conference and Lay Catholics On Opposite Sides of Conversion Therapy Case

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An upcoming Supreme Court case finds Catholics arguing on both sides of a case about a law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people. Read More

The Other Half of the Heart: the USCCB, Transphobia, and the Failure of Solidarity

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It is frustrating that the USCCB seems more concerned with championing policies that flow from their tenuous views than protecting trans people from the much more obvious and incontrovertible harms those policies cause. Read More

Healthcare Experts, LGBTQ+ Advocates Criticize Anti-Trans Hospitals Report

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Twenty-eight Catholic health networks were among a list of hospitals alleged to have provided gender-affirming care in the past few years. The list was created by an anti-LGBTQ group whose work has already been cited by three bishops as the U.S. hierarchy is discussing new guidelines for Catholic healthcare. Read More

U.S. Bishops’ Conference Seeks End to Federal Non-Discrimination Proposal

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has voiced opposition to recent regulations proposed by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that mandate non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, among other factors. Read More