I was threatened because of my sexuality
I had peers I got along with, but when their inhibitions went down, they saw me as a predator because of my sexuality and felt the need to threaten me because of this.
Catholicism, (homo)eros, and everthing else
I had peers I got along with, but when their inhibitions went down, they saw me as a predator because of my sexuality and felt the need to threaten me because of this.
The parish priest is not an outpost of the CDF, however much he may want to be.
When the light is too bright it serves to blind, rather than to help people see.
“The church actually was entitled to conduct itself in a racist way in its relationship with the minister.”
One can reasonably see the CDF statement on same-sex relationships as one of progression, rather than entrenchment.
“Gay,” rather than being denied, becomes paradoxically privileged in the ordering of one’s reality.
Far from condemning “preferred pronouns,” the Holy See’s highest court created space for them in 1975.
To the extent the Congregation for Catholic Education is talking about “transgender persons,” it’s not talking about the trans people I know.
If you believe “homosexual desires” are “disordered desires,” then you’re not helping gay friends by insisting that the point be belabored. You’re probably trying to avoid one disorder by creating another.
Over the years, I’ve found a shift in my concerns for safety.