Gender & Sexuality
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, was shaped by her minority faith
(RNS) — A phrase from the Book of Deuteronomy hangs framed on the wall of her Supreme Court chamber: ‘Justice, justice you shall pursue.’
Beyond belief: Religion as a motivating force for 5 women suffragists
Religious conservatives look to the next Supreme Court rulings on religious liberty
Brene Brown, Zondervan pull support for enneagram expert, Chris Heuertz, after sexual harassment accusations
(RNS) — The decision by Zondervan follows a public post by 33 women who wrote that the Christian Enneagram expert ‘has harmed many people and we cannot remain silent anymore.’
Activists call for justice, equal remembrance of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday
(RNS) — On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, theologians and activists lament the insufficient response to her March murder; some see it as a symptom of the systemic devaluing of Black women.
COVID-19 delayed a United Methodist schism. But it has left LGBT members in limbo.
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic canceled a meeting that might have split the United Methodist Church. But the delay left LGBT United Methodists in limbo.
A new book on Tara explores a portal to the divine in a female form
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Author Rachael Wooten hopes Tara’s different emanations can help people overcome suffering and cultivate compassion, even if they never embrace Buddhism.
Pope Francis helps a small trans community financially struggling due to the pandemic
(RNS) — Many of the transgender women are sex workers and have been left with no income to pay rent or bills since Italy enacted a national quarantine in early March.
Opposition to Samaritan’s Purse Central Park field hospital grows
(RNS) — LGBTQ activists stood several yards away from Samaritan Purse’s field hospital on the East Meadow lawn on Tuesday (April 14) and blasted city and state officials and Mount Sinai Hospital for partnering with the evangelical humanitarian relief organization.
Why white evangelicals are at odds with America
(RNS) — They are increasingly losing ground to the mainstream.
A young woman’s suicide puts focus on church’s counseling for LGBT Catholics
(RNS) — After Colorado barred gay conversion therapy for minors, the death of a once-devout college student has spurred debate about how religious counselors handle homosexuality.
Arizona Supreme Court gives Christian artists a lot less than they asked for
(RNS) — Two graphic artists claim that the ruling means that Phoenix’s anti-discrimination law “cannot compel us to imagine and create custom artwork that violates our beliefs.” Actually, that’s not the case.
The other Russian collusion story
Between the Christian right and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Seven states launch investigations in wake of Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse report
(RNS) — Law enforcement officials in at least seven states appear to be launching their own inquiries of their Catholic dioceses, focusing on church files thought to contain decades of allegations of child sex abuse by priests.
A transgender priest finds a new life helping others on the margins
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — In the makeshift chapel at Constance Abbey, an Episcopal way station for the homeless here, Mother Gillian Klee restarts her life as a priest, and a woman.