New Catholic Group Joins Fight for LGBT Acceptance
In advance of the World Meeting of Families, a new organization is working to raise awareness about LGBT issues and other matters important to 'social justice Catholics.'
March 20 2015 6:50 AM
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
In advance of the World Meeting of Families, a new organization is working to raise awareness about LGBT issues and other matters important to 'social justice Catholics.'
Once a lawyer for the antigay American Family Association, Joe Murray is now an out, married gay man. He shares his story in his book Odd Man Out.
The Mormon Church's supportive position is head-turning, coming just seven years after it famously backed Prop 8.
Some 50 LGBT Catholic pilgrims traveled to Florence, Assisi, and Rome, where they were given VIP seats for a papal audience. Take a look at photos from their journey.
The college, with two out volleyball players, has adopted a 'statement on human sexuality' proscribing 'sexual relations outside of marriage or between persons of the same sex.'
The film festival seeks to foster discussions about sexuality, gender, and religion.
The right-wing American Family Association has published a map identifying many LGBT organizations (among others) as being 'deeply intolerant' of Christianity.
Pass the Light tells the story of a Christian teen with a message of love and inclusion -- and its creators fought to keep a positively portrayed gay couple in the script.
Brandan Robertson's book deal was reportedly iced after he refused to sign an antihomosexuality statement.
Just one month after the pope held a historic private meeting with a transgender man and his fiancee, a new book includes antitransgender remarks from the pontiff.
LGBT Catholics on a pilgrimage to Rome were for the first time given VIP seats near Pope Francis himself for the pontiff's weekly audience in St. Peter's Square.
Tuesday,150 LGBT-affirming faith leaders lobbied for equal rights at the Texas capitol.
'I think culture is already there, and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago as their best defense,' says Rob Bell.
Pope Francis delivered a homily in which he denounced having a 'narrow and prejudiced mentality,' entreated followers to 'truly accept the marginalized' and spoke of 'restoring everyone to God's family.'
Knapp blended strumming, singing, and speaking in sharing her thoughts on LGBT issues -- and why she probably won't be writing the next big Pride parade anthem.
A nondenominational minister who supports marriage equality faces disorderly conduct charges because she refused to leave a judge's office.
LDS officials say John Dehlin of Mormon Stories is getting the boot because of "apostasy," not his support for marriage equality and women's ordination.
The new bishop in the Green Mountain State has welcoming words for trans people but less affirming remarks about same-sex relationships.
The Bay Area is known as an LGBT haven -- but four Catholic high schools won't be if the area's archbishop succeeds in adding 'sexual morality' language to the handbooks.
Some Catholics and evangelical Protestants are putting differences aside to unite against marriage equality, calling it a greater 'threat' than divorce or cohabitation.