News and Views

In an exclusive interview, Outreach spoke with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton on why they believed it was important to feature LGBTQ women in unique and sometimes complicated relationships.

How can the experiences of slavery and segregation be brought to bear on the ecclesial discourse surrounding gender and sexuality?

The general framework for thinking about sexual morality should not be determined by generalized condemnations of undefined behavior. Our sexual ethics should be grounded in the command to love.

A 2017 report found that 82.1 percent of LGBTQ people have a perception that the Catholic Church is “unfriendly” towards people like them. (A 2013 survey found that 79 percent of respondents held similar views.)

An LGBTQ human rights defender from Ukraine: It is difficult to find institutions and international organizations that even answer the phone in times of need.

“Before God, the choice of bodily integrity is just what nature requires. Here, we ‘image’ God. Our transgender sisters and brothers do no less.”

According to a 2019 report from the C.D.C., 43 percent of transgender youth reported being bullied at school, while over one-fifth of gay and lesbian youths reported attempting suicide.

The idea arose from Mark’s search for Christian iconography that represents the LGBTQ community. He found a few things, but nothing that spoke to him. “If you cannot find it,” said Yuval, “why don’t we create it ourselves?”

We should cease talking about the problem of LGBTQ people, but be thankful for their gifts. The dignity and beauty of difference is a legacy for all those who are members of the Body of Christ.

If the documentation we have so far is any indication, however, the process of synodal discernment has called the church to seriously reflect on its relationship with the LGBTQ community, and to find new paths forward in dialogue and reconciliation.