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University of Portland Downplays Archdiocese’s Transgender-Negative Policy; More News

May 6, 2023/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Andru Zodrow

The University of Portland has affirmed its support for transgender students after the local archdiocese issued an LGBTQ-negative policy regarding Catholic education. Today’s post includes this story, as well as other updates from Catholic colleges. Read More

Catholic Universities Celebrate LGBTQ Students with Queer Prom and Pridefest

April 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Higher Education /by Grace Doerfler

Two campus news stories show the LGBTQ progress that continues to be made in Catholic higher education. Read More

Catholic Schools in South Bend Host Programs for Transgender Inclusion, Remembrance

January 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Elise Dubravec

Catholic universities in South Bend, Indiana recently hosted events to advocate and to honor transgender people. Read More

University of Notre Dame Constructs Anti-LGBTQ Chik-Fil-A Over Student Objections

August 27, 2021/4 Comments/in Higher Education /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The University of Notre Dame has proceeded constructing a Chik-fil-A outpost on campus, a move supported by Senator Lindsey Graham, but to which hundreds of students and others objected. Read More

After 30 Years, University of Notre Dame Finally Recognizes LGBTQ Alumni Community

July 29, 2021/3 Comments/in Higher Education /by Madeline Foley

The University of Notre Dame has recognized recently its first official LGBTQ alumni organization after alumni's years of working and struggling for recognition. Read More

Study: Catholic Universities’ Graduates Have Higher LGBTQ-Negative Views Than Peers

June 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Madeline Foley

Students at Catholic colleges graduate with more negative opinions of the LGBTQ community than students at any other type of university, a recent study has found. Read More

LGBTQ Advocates Say Amy Coney Barrett Could Cause Damage for Equality

October 14, 2020/0 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

LGBTQ advocates, including many Catholics, are raising concerns about Amy Coney Barrett, the Trump administration's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, over the nominee's apparent indifference or even opposition to LGBTQ equality. Read More

University of Notre Dame Adds “Gender Identity” to Anti-Harassment Policies

September 3, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Higher Education, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Madeline Foley

The University of Notre Dame recently added “gender identity” to a list of protected categories in its policies on discriminatory harassment, sexual harassment, and other sex-based misconduct. Read More

Notre Dame Protest Poem Furor Has a Lesson to Teach Catholics

November 27, 2019/3 Comments/in Higher Education, Personal Stories, Theology & Church Teaching /by Kevin Molloy

The University of Notre Dame’s LGBTQ community and allies are forcing a reckoning on the Catholic campus that mirrors the reckoning happening in the wider U.S. Catholic church between theoretical arguments made about the queer community and the lived experience of LGBTQ folks. Read More

Bishop John Stowe Leads University of Notre Dame LGBTQ Retreat; Fr. James Martin Awarded

February 9, 2019/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Two LGBT events at the University of Notre Dame are occurring in early 2019, signs that the campus is making further progress towards inclusion after the cause was stymied by administrators for so many years. Read More

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