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Dignity/Philadelphia News
October 9, 2013
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DignityUSA
DignityPhiladelphia tries to maintain its usual level of activity not only within the chapter but also within the LGBT Community Some of our recent activities includedWe attended Gay Community Day at the Camden Riversharks (minor league baseball tea
Join Dignity/Washington for an Outstanding Special Event in D.C.
October 9, 2013
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DignityUSA
Saturday Hunter OrsquoHanian Director of the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay amp Lesbian Art will be making a special PowerPoint presentation WHAT IS GAY ART? featuring samples from the Leslie Lohman Museumrsquos permanent collectionThis presentation wi
Dignity/Washingtons Book Club Celebrates 10th Anniversary
October 9, 2013
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DignityUSA
DignityWashingtonrsquos Dignity Center buzzes with activities many evenings throughout the year but it wasnrsquot always that way In the early s Stephen McDonnell an active chapter member and presider was the driving force behind a new activity that
La Frontera: Notes From a Convention Workshop
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Delfin Bautista Editorrsquos Delfin led a workshop entitled Deconstructing and Reconstructing Gender Creating a Catholic Transgender Narrative Below are the s from which Delfin spoke reprinted here as poetryFor the lesbian of color the ultima
Holy Tears
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Greg Wadsworth DignityBuffaloIt is not widely known that Dignity Conventions are filled with weeping I have always been reticent to discuss the rampant crying at the Convention out of fear it will be misunderstood Western cultures have a very old
Reflections on Plenary Address: Claiming Our Catholic Social Justice Traditions Maureen Fielder SL and James Nickoloff
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By James Nickolof Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies College of the Holy CrossI was pleased to see that both Maureen Fiedler and the Dignity Convention itself began with the theme of gratitude for the gifts of many persons and for Gods
Intersections of Justice: Plenary Address for DignityUSA Convention
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Jamie L Manson M DivEditorrsquos Below is an excerpt from Jamie Mansonrsquos plenary address Intersections of JusticerdquoBeing a lesbian at Xavier was pretty easy Being a woman was much more challenging because on any given day I was reminde
Homily for DignityUSA Convention Liturgy
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Deb Myers Board memberPeace of heart mind and body to all of us! What wonderful readings Isaiah c excerpt from A Lesbian Feminist Voice by Carter Heyward Luke ]! We have heard this gospel many times and know the lines well I hope today is experien
All Are Welcome: a Convention Reflection
October 7, 2013
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DignityUSA
By Mateo Williamson It is difficult to describe exactly what the Dignity Convention of meant to me I have tried to accurately relay the experience to some of my friends here in Arizona but in vain How do I capture the excitement I felt as I realized