Showing posts with label gay youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay youth. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Cruel New Policy of Diocese of Little Rock Attacking Gay Youth: More Discussion from Various Blog Sites

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As I noted yesterday , the astonishingly cruel new policy forbidding students (and employees) in Catholic schools in Arkansas from ev...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

"Catholic Schools in Arkansas Are Attempting to Erase the Identities of LGBT Students by Threatening Them": P.S. Still Not Getting Better Under Pope Francis

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The new policy regarding gay * (in summation, they don't exist and can't exist in Catholic schools) students in Arkansas Catholic...
Friday, September 9, 2016

It's Not Getting Better Under Pope Francis: Report from My Own Back Yard, Where Catholic Schools Are Ordered Never to Say Gay

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You know how I keep saying it's not getting better under Pope Francis — not for gay* Catholics? This is from my own diocese. This...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Word of Advice for Young Queer People Struggling with Sexuality Issues After Orlando: Avoid Catholic News and Blog Sites Online; They Are Not Healthy Places for You

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Following what has just happened in Orlando, I have a simple word of advice for younger people, especially those raised in conservative r...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Reported Spike in Suicides of LGBT Mormon Youth After LDS Church Enacts New Gay-Excluding Policy: Some Links for You

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As Chris Morley notes in a series of comments here yesterday ( this is his initial comment in the thread), a story has made the rounds t...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Droppings from the Atheist-Agnostic Humanist Birdcage: A Review of Del Shores' Southern Baptist Sissies

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From my friend (and mentor and fellow reader-scholar-retired teacher) Alan McCornick at his Hepzibah site , a review of Del Shores...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Campaign to Assist Lucie's Place and Mission for Homeless LGBT Youth Raises $25,000

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And we turned an antigay temper tantrum into a fundraiser for homeless #LGBT kids. @Martina http://t.co/VXlvrgGvWo pic.twitter.com/mgvg7...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving As Giving: Recommending to You Today a Local Group Supporting LGBT Youth

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You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be (Deuteronomy 15:8) For those ...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

"You're Suffering from a Mental Illness, and Rationality Is Not Something That You Can Really Handle": Oh, and Happy Palm Sunday! — Catholics and the Intrinsic Disorder Thing

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Some of you may have noticed an interesting subtext that developed in threads here in the past several days, as we discussed the stor...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Bridegroom: An Interview with the Filmmaker, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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A quick footnote to my posting last week  about Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's wonderful new documentary Bridegroom, focusing on the...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Bridegroom: The Love Story of Tom Bridegroom and Shane Crone, a Primer about Gay Youth, Coming Out, and Religion in the Heartland

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I mentioned several days ago that the Oprah Winfrey network had aired several programs about being gay in America. One of the films ...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

For GLAAD's Spirit Day, Melissa Harris-Perry on Marcel Neergaard, 11-Year-Old Fighting School Bullying

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out, and Chris Broussard Spouts Bible Verses: Bible-Based Anti-Gay Bullying Ramping Up

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It's interesting, isn't it, that the immediate and instinctual response of men like Chris Broussard to NBA player Jason Coll...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

To Gay Youth Amidst Anti-Gay Demonstrations in France: You Are at Home in Our Society

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Words of concern (and inclusion and welcome) to gay young people in France, as marriage equality is enacted in that nation:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Here Are Some Things Bullying Does to People

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Here are some things bullying does to people:
Thursday, April 4, 2013

More Commentary on Cardinal Dolan's Easter Musings: Dolan Still Unwilling to Smell Like the Gay Sheep

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And still more commentary on the comments of Cardinal Dolan  (and see here and here ), president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

In the News at Week's End: Messages to Provide Hope to Gay Youth

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Friday, January 4, 2013

New Year's Advice to Young People Struggling with Questions about Sexual Orientation: You Are Not the Problem and You Count

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Christmas came, and the year has turned, and something is on my heart to share. As I noted on Christmas day , the holiday times--the ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Desmond Tutu Appeals to Ugandans' Conscience, and Another Gay Teen Commits Suicide

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Josh Pacheco (1995-2012) And (piggybacking on what I just posted about Justice Scalia and his recent response to a gay Princeton stud...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Jayden Cameron on Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles as Love Story for Gay Teens

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At his marvelous Gay Mystics site, Jayden Cameron provides a thoughtful argument for why educational programs for teens should inclu...