Gender identity Archives

Michigan diocese says transgender students to be treated according to ‘God-given biological sex’

Jan 16, 2021

Students in Catholic schools in Lansing are to be treated according to their biological sex, even if they self-identify according to a different gender, according to new “gender identity” policy announced by the Michigan diocese on Friday.

By Charles Collins

Final HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops

Jun 13, 2020

The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”

By Julie Asher

‘Gender ideology’ doesn’t belong in Catholic education, say speakers

Mar 8, 2020

In a culture where public school policies are increasingly pushing parents out of important conversations about their child’s sexual identity and gender expression, Catholic educators need to take an opposite approach, said speakers at a seminar on the issue.

By Maria Wiering

UN report on gender equality attacks religious freedom, says official

Mar 5, 2020

A United Nations report addressing gender-based violence and discrimination connected to religious beliefs “is now attacking the very reality it is called to defend,” a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting in Geneva.

By Carol Glatz

Church teaching on sexual identity affirmed in Minnesota school guidelines

Mar 4, 2020

Catholic educators have a charge to teach that a person’s sexual identity is a gift from God that cannot change and resist cultural tides toward “gender theory,” according to new guiding principles released by Minnesota’s bishops.

By Maria Wiering

French bishops’ council OKs removing gender IDs on baptism certificates

Jan 12, 2020

The French bishops’ permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove gender references for parents on baptismal certificates.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

U.S., English bishops welcome Vatican document on gender ideology

Jun 12, 2019

Catholic bishops in the U.S., England and Wales welcomed the Vatican’s statement that gender ideology is opposed to faith and reason, and that Catholic schools and parents must help teach children that gender is fixed from birth.

By Elizabeth Bachmann