DignityUSA Quarterly Voice
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The rise of the feminist liberation movement in recent years gives gay people a reason to hope that GLBT people will be fully accepted in the future human community. At the heart of all homophobia is feminaphobia and the repression of the feminine. Gay men are seen as a threat to patriarchy because they are frequently in touch with and act in accord with the feminine dimension of themselves. It is clear that feminine and gay liberation are so intimately linked that gays should give full support to women’s liberation and vice versa.
Fr. John J. McNeill
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The great Italian poet Dante said, “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of moral crisis remain neutral.” Dignity cannot remain true to its Statement of Position and Purpose and remain silent on issues of great concern to the women of our Church: full inclusion in all the sacraments of the Church. Today, this is increasingly being realized through the “valid but illicit” ordination of women as priests. As I write this, communities of women religious are under investigation by Rome. They largely perceive this as hostile.
The repression of the feminine (misogyny) is a key source of this theological dysfunction. It is at the core of the shaming of homosexuality and the exclusion of women from ordination. Women have been our allies in the last 40 years as we have fought for our full inclusion. They need our support and welcome now. DignityUSA suffers from what the Church does—under-representation of the feminine perspective. We are 80% male. We all recognize the problem. We all lament the lack of women, but we keep doing the same things. It is past time to do something different.
DignityUSA President Mark Matson in
"DignityUSA Adopts More Inclusive Mission Statement" -
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Faithful and Fabulous: Dignity on the Road at Forty, by Mary E. Hunt
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President's Convention 2009 Address, by Mark Matson
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The State of DignityUSA, July 2009, by Marianne Duddy-Burke
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Convention 2009 Day of Gospel Service:
San Francisco Food Bank
Project Open Hand -
Liturgy Reflection at DignityUSA's Convention 2009, by Fr. Geoffrey Farrow
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Convention 2009 Workshop Feedback
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Dignity Convention 2009: Reflections from a First-timer
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Convention 2009 Awards
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- Introduction to Transgender Lives
- Our Story
- Graced by the Entire Transgender Person That I Am
- Reflections on Being Black, Trans and Catholic
- The Most Influential Transition That Has Made Me Who I Am Today
- Why I Left the Church and Why I Am Coming Back
- A partial list of Transgender resources on the Internet
- Book Review—Sex as God Intended
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- Why Churches Fear Gay Marriages
- An Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Levada, Cardinal George and all Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in the World on the Issue of Homosexuality
- Parents of Gays, Lesbians: Stories of Love, Pain, Joy
- The Gay Catholic Insurgency
