#Gendersexuality

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and how the Catholic Church’s negative…

(The Conversation) — Research shows discrimination often reduces civic engagement among marginalized groups. These women are bucking that trend.

(The Conversation) — As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.

(RNS) — Advocates for LGBTQ+ Catholics expressed surprise to see the Vatican publishing the testimonies of married gay men.

(The Conversation) — Three women sat for an exam administered by Israel’s Rabbinate, the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious leadership within Orthodox Judaism.

(RNS) — Sam Allberry is a pastor and apologist who teaches that God designs sex and marriage to occur exclusively between a man and a woman.

(RNS) — 'The biggest lesson I had to learn is that God's lack of an answer to my prayers to change me was an answer, because there was nothing about me that needed to change,' said Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez.

(RNS) — Passing the rabbinic competency tests will not grant the women the title of rabbi. But it is a major win with benefits beyond just symbolism.

(RNS) — In response to the ‘All Are Neighbors’ event, the Baptist General Convention of Texas will revisit its relationship with the Christian university.