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Dignity/Washington 2016 Community Awards
January 11, 2017
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After Mass on Sunday the DignityWashington community gathered for its ual meeting to discuss the year in review financial information and the presentation of community awardsThis year's community award recipients areDaniel Barutta President's AwardH
New Vatican Document Forbidding Gay Priests Damaging Says Gay Catholic Group
December 7, 2016
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DignityUSA
The Vaticans Congregation for the Clergy is releasing a new document (dated ) entitled The Gift of the Priestly Vocation which is a set of guidelines for priestly formation The document s The Holy Father Francis has approved the present General Execu
Advent Expectations and Christmas Blessings
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
By Lewis SpeaksTer PresidentWe are into another Advent season Let it be an opportunity to reflect and recharge ourselvesAfter such a long election season the electoral outcome does not bode well for LGBTQI people I along with many LGBTQI leaders hope
DignityUSA Leads Memorials for LGBTQI Murder Victims
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
By Marie DuddyBurke Executive DirectorIn Rome and at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting marked s spirit of remembrance to draw attention to the failure of most Catholic officials to explicitly condemn antiLGBTQI violence even in the wake o
Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 2016
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
During the week of individuals and organizations around the country participated inTransgender Awareness Weekto help raise the visibility of transgender and gender nonconforming people and address the issues these communities face The DignityNew Yor
DignityUSAs 23rd National Gathering is Also our First Conference
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
Have you noticed that we are using Conference rather than Convention when referring to our upcoming national gathering? Weve heard from many Dignity members and friends that they thought convention implied a business meeting focused on internal issue
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey to Keynote Boston Conference
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
is thrilled to ounce that Rev Dr Pamela Lightsey will deliver the Key Address titled Table Mers for Hungry Radicals at the conference Dr Lightsey is the only openly queer lesbian AfricanAmerican ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and is as
Cross-National Public Opinion about Homosexuality: Examining Attitudes across the Globe by Dr. Amy Adamczyk
December 2, 2016
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DignityUSA
Across the world public opinion about homosexuality varies substantiallyWhile residents in some nations have embraced gay rights as human rights in other countries very few people find homosexuality acceptable Why are there such big differences in at
Remarks from Vigil for Pulse Victims and Murdered Transgender People at USCCB Meeting November 2016
November 25, 2016
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DignityUSA
We gather here today outside the building where the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting to honor the lives lost to antiLGBTQI violence and to call on the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Churchon our bishopsto acknowledge them and us by the n