This is some serious grudge-holding by an institution known for holding grudges for millennia.
Back in 1738, Pope Clement XII got his vestments in a knot over the Freemasons. There was an investigation in Italy, and then a nasty wrangle with a French cardinal. So Clement XII issued In Eminenti, which forbade Catholics from joining the ...
People often confuse pansexuality and bisexuality for a couple of (somewhat valid) reasons.
The thing about pansexuality that makes it such a confusing orientation to most of the general public is that it operates in such a fluid, amorphous space. It sort of has this blatant disregard for conventional notions and labels, which is pretty ...
"I love my children so much that I can’t imagine preventing them from living their truths."
My wife and I have three kids. The eldest, Zoe Fable, will be 16 this November; our middle child, Autumn Story, turned 13 last April; and our youngest, Valor Phoenix, turns 11 a week and a half after Zoe. Aside from being ...
Issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity persist in deeply religious countries like the Philippines. Members of the LGBTQIA+ continue to face discrimination and hate, even if most organized religions supposedly teach tolerance and understanding for all peoples regardless of how they ...
The pope wanted to clarify the distinction between a crime and a sin.
There are currently 67 countries that criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity worldwide, according to The Human Dignity Trust. Eleven of them even have death penalties for such offenses if defendants are found guilty. And some of the Catholic Church's own ...
Alleged attempts have again been made to prevent it from being deliberated in the Senate Plenary.
It's crazy to think that it's been more than two decades since the Anti-Discrimination Bill or the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill was first proposed in Congress. And yet, we're in the exact same ...
Just when you thought the bar couldn't get any lower, well, it does. On October 26, Manila Congressman Benny Abante (yes, that pro-death penalty evangelical pastor guy) filed House Bill No. 5717, or "The Heterosexual Act of 2022." The justification? ...
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