News Archive (2013)

DignityUSA’s Transgender Caucus News

​Peggy Burns, Operations Manager, and Robin Erikson, Dignity/Boston member, attended the 33rd Annual First Event Conference on January 25-26, 2013.

First Event has grown into one of the largest trans gatherings in the world and the only major winter Conference. First Event has something for nearly everyone, including educational lectures, workshops and courses, nightly entertainment with dancing, banquets, special lunches, trans-oriented vendors, and more!

Gay Catholics Respond to Pope’s Impending Resignation

Call for a Leader who will Listen, Reconcile

Boston, MA, February 11, 2013. DignityUSA, the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Catholics, responded to the news that Pope Benedict XVI will resign at the end of February with the following statement:

Like all Catholics, we appreciate that Pope Benedict put the needs of the Church first in determining he is no longer able to meet the demands of his position. We wish him a peaceful retirement.

Filed under: 

A Message from the Vice President

​By Lewis Speaks-Tanner, DignityUSA Vice President

February may have the fewest days in the year but plenty happens in this short month! Ash Wednesday ushers in the season of Lent, and the next day is Valentine’s Day. Work continues on marriage equality both at the federal and state levels. DignityUSA election nomination information and 2013 Biennial Convention registration have been posted on the DignityUSA website.

Dignity’s Convention: Embracing the Dignity of All People

​By Jim Smith, DignityUSA Program Manager

In January 2013, a town of 334 citizens in eastern Kentucky became the smallest municipality in America known to have approved an ordinance protecting LGBT persons from discrimination. City commissioners in Vicco, KY voted 3-1 to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by employers, and by sellers and renters of housing.

Small town. Big news. How did it happen?

Pages