California Legislature: ‘Gender Affirmation’ Must Be a Factor in Child-Custody Decisions
The California Catholic Conference opposed the bill.
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Study: Patients Aged 12-18 Account for 8% of Transgender Surgeries
“I suspect the numbers are actually much larger than this,” Richards added. “We just can’t track it all.”
Minnesota Single-Sex Catholic Colleges Say Students Who Identify as ‘Nonbinary’ May Apply
The College of St. Benedict says it will accept both female applicants as well as male applicants who ‘now consistently live and identify as female, transgender, gender-fluid, or nonbinary.’
US Bishops Approve Plan for Guidance to Health-Care Institutions on Transgender Issues
Another motion advanced on the final day of the bishops’ spring gathering was their planned update to the bishops’ pastoral statement on persons with disabilities.
Archbishop Coakley: Respond With Love to Those With Gender Dysphoria Without Compromising Truth
Addressing parents who are struggling to respond to a child experiencing gender dysphoria, Archbishop Coakley advised them to be open and listen to their child’s struggles but also to seek counseling and not to adopt pronouns different from the child’s biological sex.
Full Text of Archbishop Paul Coakley’s Pastoral Letter on Gender Dysphoria, Transgender Movement
‘The purpose of the letter is to provide pastoral guidance on how the Church, its ministers and the lay faithful can accompany — walk with — those who struggle with their gender identity,’ writes the Oklahoma City shepherd.
US Bishops: Catholic Health-Care Providers Shouldn’t Perform ‘Gender-Transition’ Procedures
Such interventions are not to be performed because they do not respect the fact that God has created each person as a unity of body and soul or work toward the authentic good of the human person, the USCCB explained.
Medical Groups Ask DOJ to Investigate Critics of Hospitals’ Gender Surgeries on Children
The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to launch an investigation.
‘Handing Out Hormones Like Candy’: Planned Parenthood Transitions to Top Hormone Provider for Transgender-Identifying Teens — With Little Oversight
The nation’s largest abortion provider offers hormones, sometimes the same day of an initial appointment — without requirements of therapy.
Omaha Archdiocese to Delay and Revise New Gender Identity Policy
A spokesman for the archdiocese reiterated that the new policy would continue to affirm the Church’s teachings on gender, even after revisions.
