Thank you for your participation, care, and support over this past year. We look forward to growing as a community as we enter 2022.

Wishing you good health and a good life in the coming year!

Are you in the St. Louis-area? We’re looking at exploring the possibility of reviving a Chapter in St. Louis and hosting an information session on Zoom Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM CT.

If you would like to attend, please register for the session here

If you are interested in this possibility but unavailable at that time, please email us at Operations@Dignityusa.org  and we’ll keep you updated.

We very much look forward to gathering with folks committed to justice, equality and full inclusion of LGBTQI people in the Catholic church and society at this event and afterwards and hope we will indeed see a rebirth of a Dignity community in the St. Louis area.

We'll be hosting a live discussion of Michael O’Loughlin's book "Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear,” January 26, at 8 PM ET (Register Here)

His book explores the response of the Catholic Church during the height of the HIV and AIDS crisis. It shares the stories of those who worked on the frontlines, those whose lives were upended by the AIDs crisis, and who believe there are lessons from that time going unheeded.

DignityUSA members are featured, including James Cappleman's Catholic Worker House here in Chicago and Father Bill McNichols's involvement with Dignity New York.

DignityUSA is featured in the South Florida Gay News article addressing the diocese of Marquette, Michigan ordering parishes to exclude transgender people and those in same-sex relationships from receiving most of the church’s sacraments

DignityUSA remembers those of us who have completed their travel on earth and have passed into a new life.

Richard James Johnson, age 82, of Dignity Detroit (December 1, 1939-  December 21, 2021)

You can pre-register for the National Conference July 8-10, 2022, in San Diego, California. With a deposit of $100, you will get a discount on the regular conference registration rate.

As a special incentive, we have a gift certificate for a two-night stay at the Westin Gaslamp Hotel, our conference site, that can be used before or after the conference. Pre-registering by January 31, 2022 gives you two entries into this drawing.

We remain committed to the health, safety, and well-being of our members and friends. We are closely monitoring the level of viral transmission in the San Diego area and nationally and will be making decisions about the conference accordingly.

Learn more about the precautions we're taking here.

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