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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.
The document, which also goes after abortion and surrogacy, was approved by Pope Francis, who has had a mixed record on LGBTQ+ rights support.
Pope Francis may not have been as progressive as some of us want, but he 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.
Brynn Tannehill "translated" a recent letter from Catholic bishops that declared transgender people are figments of everyone's imagination.
Immaculata Catholic School in Durham rejected a parishioner's employment as a teaching aide for a student with special needs because she's transgender.
'Bathroom panic' may well have struck again in a Catholic prep school's claim that it cannot accept transgender students.
Affirmation of transgender identity goes "against reason," say Catholic bishops and other conservative religious figures. Others beg to differ.
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.
But did he really reject them? Some Catholics and other Christians say definitely not.
“Pope Francis was a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways," said Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD.
A high-ranking Vatican official allows that there are "exceptional situations."
In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.
A Catholic bishop in Illinois likens gender dysphoria to anorexia and refuses to recognize trans people's identity.
The pope tried to clarify his widely condemned beliefs about "gender theory."
