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Season of Gratitude
November 12, 2015
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By Alice Knowles VicePresidentIn what comes to mind is Thanksgiving Veterans Day preparing for winter longer dark days bare trees Advent It is the time of the year that we are enveloped in gratitude Thanksgiving is the holiday of the season I know ma
The Church on the Worlds Center Stage
November 12, 2015
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DignityUSA
by Marie DuddyBurke DUSA Executive DirectorDuring and the Catholic Church and Pope Francis were the focus of intense international scrutiny as several highimpact events occurred in quick succession From the Womens Ordination Worldwide (WOW) conferenc
Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 2015
November 12, 2015
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DignityUSA
By Fredrikka Maxwell Trans Caucus Nashville TNThe worldwide transgender community will gather on Friday to remember our siblings murdered at the hands of violent antitrans perpetrators Twenty have been killed so far this year in the United States alo
Introducing . . . the DignityUSA Development Committee
November 12, 2015
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DignityUSA
By Chris Pett Board memberAs continues to grow its mission locally nationally and now globally the Board of Directors at its Fall meeting decided to reconstitute the Fundraising Committee and expand and broaden its mission now as the Development Comm
LGBT Catholics Denounce Use of Fear Tactics in Houston's Rejection of Anti-discrimination Ordinance
November 5, 2015
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DignityUSA
Boston MA The Trans Support Caucus of the nation's largest organization for LGBT Catholics is gravely disappointed with Houston's rejection of the city's proposed Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) this past election day Voters turned down HERO percent to
Fractious Synod Offers Little for LGBT Catholics
October 24, 2015
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DignityUSA
Conservative Dominance means Contentious Issues Not AddressedBoston MA The final report from the Vatican Synod on the Family offers little that is positive for lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people says a leading organization of LGBT Cat
LGBT Catholics Supporters Reject Communion Ban from New Jersey Archbishop
October 14, 2015
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DignityUSA
Call for Resistance to Damaging DirectiveBoston MA Newark NJ Archbishop John Myers order bing Catholics who oppose official Church teaching from Communion is damaging divisive and wrong according to the nations leading organization of lesbian gay bis
DignityUSA Mourns Death of Kiesha Jenkins Philadelphia Transgender Woman
October 9, 2015
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DignityUSA
Calls on Catholics to Speak and Act against Brutality Boston MA the leading organization of lesbian gay bisexual transgender queerquestioning and intersex (LGBTQI) Catholics is appalled by the brutal murder of Kiesha Jenkins in Philadelphia Jenkins
Theresa Kane Young Feminist Award Presented to Jamie Manson at the WOW Conference
October 1, 2015
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DignityUSA
At the Womens Ordination Worldwide Conference (WOW) the Womens Ordination Conference (WOC) used the opportunity to celebrate its th iversary by inaugurating the Theresa Kane Woman of Vision and Courage Awards As part of the registration process for