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The perils and necessities of saying ‘I don’t know’
By Thomas Reese — April 15, 2024
(RNS) — In political, academic and ecclesial life, expressing uncertainty is the equivalent of committing professional suicide.
The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden’s recognition of ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’
By Josh Boak — March 31, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2024, the March 31 designation overlaps with Easter, Christianity's holiest day. Trump's campaign accused Biden, a Roman Catholic, of being insensitive to religion, and fellow Republicans piled on.
Trans people can be baptized unless it causes scandal, says Vatican’s doctrine czar
By Claire Giangravé — November 8, 2023
(RNS) — Trans people can be baptized and act as godparents, according to a new document by the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
Bishops discourage Catholic health care groups from performing gender-affirming care
By Jack Jenkins — March 21, 2023
(RNS) — Opponents of the new ‘doctrinal note’ such as New Ways Ministry, a Catholic LGBTQ outreach organization, blasted the bishops’ statement as ‘neither good theology nor acceptable pastoral care.’
For India’s ‘third sex,’ acceptance is slowed by colonialism’s legacy
By Kalpana Jain — December 8, 2022
(RNS) — Nineteenth-century British colonial rulers dramatically altered the prevailing cultural understanding of gender identity and morality.
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake
By Colleen Slevin — October 6, 2022
(AP) — DENVER (AP) — Jack Phillips, who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple's wedding cake a decade ago for faith reasons is challenging a separate ruling that he violated Colorado law by refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
How Pope Francis’ welcoming message transformed a trans community in Rome
By Claire Giangravé — September 7, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — While Pope Francis' steps toward openness to the LGBTQ community haven't changed church doctrine, outside Vatican circles they have been seen as earthshaking.
When mixing faith with furries, things can get hairy
By Riley Farrell — August 2, 2022
(RNS) — A Christian movement has established itself inside the mostly religion resistant world of furry fandom.
ELCA presiding bishop releases report examining removal of Latino pastor by Bishop Rohrer
By Alejandra Molina — June 2, 2022
(RNS) — The report comes months after the Rev. Megan Rohrer’s actions were criticized by the Asociación de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA as showing a ‘lack of empathy and understanding toward their Latinx siblings.’
Lee University considers limiting student speech on gender
By Associated Press — May 23, 2022
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) — If approved, the policy presented to faculty and staff this month would not allow students to identify as anything other than their biological sex.
Kendrick Lamar’s new album reminds us that even prophets are fallible
By Andre Henry — May 18, 2022
(RNS) — His first album in five years has the Pulitzer Prize winner counting the costs of truth-telling.
A transqueer Latinx theologian writes about reaching ‘A Path to Our Liberation’
By Alejandra Molina — April 18, 2022
(RNS) — 'It's important for me as a trans person, as Latinx, to take place and to bear witness that even someone like me can follow the ways of Jesus and maybe imagine another possible world.'
BYU speech therapy clinic’s cancellation of transgender services draws probe
By Alejandra Molina — April 7, 2022
(RNS) — Shane Reese, academic vice president at BYU, in a March 10 letter cited the church’s handbook in justifying the cancellation of the clinic’s gender-affirming speech therapy.
Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized
By Liz Mount — April 1, 2022
(The Conversation) — A sociologist explains that the ability to claim transgender identities in India may appear progressive, but this can further marginalize historically stigmatized gender-nonconforming groups.
Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ
By Mead Gruver — October 4, 2021
The library had faced protests and threats last summer over plans for a performance by a transgender magician, who later ended up canceling the act.
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