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Meet 2024's Hottest Religion: Transphobia?

October 10th, 2024

Move aside Abrahamic faiths, there's a new religion in town. 3,000 individuals listed their religion as 'believer in biology' in the 2022 Scottish census in a campaigned organized by an anti-transgender feminist group.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 148 Comments

Catholic Charity In Hot Water for Reading Gender-Fluid Book to Children

June 27th, 2024

Some parents are outraged after Scott Stuart's book 'My Shadow is Purple,' which promotes gender nonconformity to kids, was read to children at an event by the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Trenton.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 127 Comments

Christian Parents Denied Foster License for Anti-Trans Views

June 7th, 2024

Prospective adoptive and foster parents are suing Vermont, arguing the state violated their right to religious freedom, after Vermont denied their fostering application on the basis that they hold anti-transgender views.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 177 Comments

What the World's Major Faiths Say About Transgender People

April 26th, 2024

Gender transition and gender identity are some of the biggest issues being discussed today. Are the world's major faiths accepting of transgender people, or are they hostile to the idea of gender transition?

LGBTQ & Human Rights 116 Comments

Vatican: Gender Ideology and Transgender Surgery Defy God

April 11th, 2024

The Catholic Church just released a long awaited report entitled "Infinite Dignity," which lists gender ideology and gender affirming surgery as existential threats to humanity, and transgender Catholics are not happy.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 101 Comments

Catholics Demand Exorcism for Cathedral That Hosted Trans Activist's Funeral

February 22nd, 2024

Catholic activists are demanding an apology from and an exorcism for St. Patrick's Cathedral, which recently hosted a raucous and "sacrilegious" funeral for transgender activist Cecilia Gentili.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 115 Comments

Christian College Bans Staff From Stating Preferred Pronouns

January 19th, 2024

Wheaton College, a prominent private Christian school in Illinois, is facing scrutiny from alumni for a new policy which prohibits staff members from ever announcing their personal pronouns in a school-related context.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 210 Comments

All-Female Catholic School Faces Backlash Over Trans Women Policy

December 7th, 2023

Saint Mary's College, an all-girls Catholic school in Indiana, just announced that they'll be admitted transgender women next fall. They say they took inspiration from the Pope himself, but some alumni aren't happy.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 144 Comments

Christian University Fires Staff Over Pronouns in Email Signatures

May 24th, 2023

Houghton University, a Christian school in New York, fired two employees after they refused to remove pronouns from their email signature, and they say the school's pronoun policy only exists to be trans-exclusive.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 64 Comments

MLB Team Rescinds Invite to Controversial LGBTQ Group After Catholic Backlash

May 22nd, 2023

The LA Dodgers recently rescinded an invitation to honor a controversial LGBTQ+ activist group at an upcoming Pride Night. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence dress as nuns, prompting Catholic outrage.

LGBTQ & Human Rights 135 Comments

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