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The Authors: James and Evelyn Whitehead
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead is a developmental psychologist (PhD University of Chicago) whose work focuses on spiritual development in adult life James D Whitehead is a theologian (PhD Harvard University) who studies the interplay of religion and culture
Forsaking the Normal: Biblical Tales of Transformation
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
We go to the Christian Scriptures for guidance in our moral lives What are the norms we should follow? In search of the normal we instead find the Bible telling endless stories about paradox reversals of fortune and transformation Yet convinced that
Trans Information
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
Approximately onepercent of persons experience themselves as genderdiverse that is as not conforming to traditional categories of exclusively masculine or feminine This be so small a percent as to be irrelevant what has this to do with me?rdquo
Graceful Bodies and the Play of Gender
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
It is you who formed my inmost parts You knit me together in my motherrsquos womb I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm )<blockquoteCatholics of an earlier generation were taught that as infants we begin life alrea
Transgender Lives and Catholic Hospitality
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
Transgender lives remain invisible to most Americans Throughout history different social groupings have been assigned to the boundaries of society where they remain largely out of sight In the novel Invisible Man Ralph Ellison uses this metaphor to c
Publications Committee Chairs Note
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
By Leo N Egashira Publications Committee Chair thanks the Whiteheads for writing these thoughtprovoking hopeful essays on Transgender Spirituality a topic that challenges the boundaries of traditional Catholic thinking and one that speaks to the very
A Nations Tipping Point: A Time to Talk
September 15, 2014
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DignityUSA
Time Magazine provided the official ouncement the cover story with a picture ofLaverneCox transgender member of theOrange is the New Black<emseries declared The Nationrsquos Transitionrdquo ( ) In the previous months citizens of many vocations
DignityUSA Protests Role of Msgr. Tony Anatrella in Extraordinary Synod on Family Calls for His Removal
September 10, 2014
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DignityUSA
Boston MA the nationrsquos leading organization of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender Catholics and allies is outraged that Msgr Tony Anatrella has been appointed as one of the Collaborators of the Special Secretaryrdquo at the upcoming Extrao
Psalms Sex and Shame
September 2, 2014
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DignityUSA
By Daniel Holnes DignityNew YorkGrowing up reading the book of Psalms was always a special treat for me It was the only book in the Bible that made me blush So many of the poems contemplate their speakerrsquos struggles with faith as manifested in c
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