homophobia

Openly gay Catholic journalist Robert Mickens offers an interesting take on Pope Francis' permission to priests to bless same-sex couples:

It's Francis lancing the boil of homophobia in the Catholic clergy and hierarchy, Mickens proposes. It's less about same-sex couples than it is about the large numbers of priests and bishops who are gay — but often closeted and in many cases self-loathing.

#PopeFrancis #gay #LGBTQ #blessing #homophobia
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https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/what-of-the-gay-priests-who-bless/18970

"Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." - Heinrich Heine

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/missouri-republican-candidate-torches-lgbtq-inclusive-books-viral-vide-rcna137715

PS: if you're still wondering "how did Nazi Germany even happen" let me assure you, it went a lot like this.

#Fascism #USPolitics #Homophobia #BookBurnings #GOP

#UK’s only #trans #judge #quits due to #hostile #climate

"I’m #political every time I choose where to #pee", adding that her personal #dignity is at stake, The Times reported.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/27/uks-only-trans-judge-quits-due-to-hostile-climate-im-political-every-time-i-choose-where-to-pee/

Jason DeRose reports on the recently published finding of PRRI that people in the U.S. are leaving churches in record numbers, and about a quarter of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, "a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S."

#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1240811895/leaving-religion-anti-lgbtq-sexual-abuse

#Vatican #blasts #genderaffirming #surgery, #surrogacy and #gender #theory as #violations of #humandignity.

The #Pope #signedoff on the #publication

— So much for them reforming their hateful views.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-pope-3f84d8eb97f045b0cfb0ec1efa4e614e

Today in LGBTQ History, May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). This date was chosen to commemorate the 1990 decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2009, the WHO added transphobia to the name of the campaign, and organized activities that year to highlight and end. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, and repression of LGBT communities throughout the world.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #transphobia #homophobia #biphobia #who

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Out today: “We can’t and won’t let hate win.”

In my latest for #Austin
Free Press, the organizers of a popular #drag brunch are working to reschedule as soon as possible, in defiance of a bomb threat which shut down their event on Sunday.

Here's how the #LGBTQIA+ community reacted: https://austinfreepress.org/queens-gambit-performers-vow-to-return-after-bomb-threat-shutters-drag-queen-show/

#LGBTQ #Texas #extremism #Pride #news #homophobia #transphobia #PrideMonth

“The records that we have received demonstrate that senior TDA officials were well aware of the potentially unlawful nature of their policy.”

Last year, I broke the story about the #Texas Department of Agriculture's transphobic dress code for @TexasObserver. Now, I'm back with internal emails showing the turmoil it caused, especially in the nutrition department: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/

#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #agriculture #LGBTQIA+ #trans #homophobia #WorkersRights

“They don’t want to be seen with you in public. They don’t want to be on the record as sympathizing with any of your positions because they’re afraid that it will be used against them.”

Out today, from me, in LGBTQ Nation: Dallas-area town Frisco, #Texas supported #Pride ... but only when it was politically convenient. Now they're changing the rules to avoid honoring their #LGBTQIA+ community.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/a-texas-town-killed-off-its-diversity-committee-after-proud-boys-marched-against-it/

#NorthTexas #politics #homophobia #extremism #USpol #news #DEI #diversity