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A group of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their allies held a private meeting with the pope over the weekend in which they urged him to reverse the church's stance on transgender health care.
Brynn Tannehill "translated" a recent letter from Catholic bishops that declared transgender people are figments of everyone's imagination.
But did he really reject them? Some Catholics and other Christians say definitely not.
A Catholic bishop in Illinois likens gender dysphoria to anorexia and refuses to recognize trans people's identity.
A Catholic diocese overseeing Catholic schools in South Dakota has issued a set of policies saying LGBTQ+ identity undermines the basis of society.
The document, which also goes after abortion and surrogacy, was approved by Pope Francis, who has had a mixed record on LGBTQ+ rights support.
Immaculata Catholic School in Durham rejected a parishioner's employment as a teaching aide for a student with special needs because she's transgender.
Affirmation of transgender identity goes "against reason," say Catholic bishops and other conservative religious figures. Others beg to differ.
A high-ranking Vatican official allows that there are "exceptional situations."
The pope tried to clarify his widely condemned beliefs about "gender theory."
How does Pope Francis square what he did Monday with his meetings with trans groups and allowing trans people to be baptized in the church?
Pope Francis may not be as progressive as some of us want, but he's made a lot of progress for LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church.
Regarding transgender people, the document says a person who identifies as transgender can be baptized like any other adult, “as long as there is no risk of causing scandal or disorientation” to other Catholics.
'Bathroom panic' may well have struck again in a Catholic prep school's claim that it cannot accept transgender students.
The Advocate named Pope Francis its Person of the Year, but one contributing writer says the Catholic Church's record on transgender people is nothing to praise.
The statements come amid conservative criticism of the pope and news that the Vatican will issue a document on so-called gender ideology.
