<p>The Archdiocese of Omaha recently released a new policy outlined in Pastoral Guidelines for Gender Dysphoria. This policy scheduled to go into effect on January 1 2023 is&nbsp;<strong>extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary individuals and their loved ones and will negatively impact the 19000 students enrolled in 70 Catholic schools across the archdiocese.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>The new policy states that the schools should only regard a student as their gender assigned at birth.&nbsp;This includes but is not limited to refusing to acknowledge the students pronouns chosen name and bathroom choice as well as enforcing gender-stereotypical dress codes and restricting athletic participation of trans students with others of their same gender. Not conforming to these rules is grounds for dismissal according to the policy.&nbsp;</p><p>The Archdiocese of Omaha policys claim of love is appalling.&nbsp;DignityUSA believes in the <strong>wholeness and holiness of everyone no matter one's gender or sexuality.</strong></p><p><strong>We must speak up against this harmful policy! Join us in urging the Archdiocese of Omaha to revoke this damaging policy before it goes into effect!</strong></p><p><a href=https://www.dignityusa.org/news/archdiocese-omaha-policy-endangers-vulnerable-transgender-youth><strong>Click here to read our full statement against this harmful policy.</strong></a></p><p></p><p></p><p style=text-align: left;><a class=btn btn-primary href=https://www.dignityusa.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=13&amp;reset=1>Sign the Petition</a></p><p style=text-align: left;></p>