I am all about the clickbait headlines today, people.Anyway, I did a talk recently on "The Radical Challenge of Celibacy." It wasn't esp well-structured and needs a lot of conceptual work, but I did like the ending, where I contrasted two types of eschatological witness.Catholics may be familiar with the idea that celibacy is a witness to our life in Heaven, where there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage. This is often discussed in terms of priestly or monastic celibacy, but it's … [Read more...]
Lay Celibacy and Two Kinds of Eschatological Witness
October 19, 2015 by
(How) Do Scary Gay Statistics Matter?
October 10, 2015 by
Ever since that Courage conference I've been trying to figure out a way to write a post about the many, many, many problems with the way scary statistics about gay people are deployed in some Christian circles. You know the thing I'm talking about: Gay people are more likely to be depressed, to beat our partners, to use drugs and abuse alcohol (why do you call it abuse when the alcohol never complains), to die young and leave a fabulous corpse, lol I'm clearly making myself angry just typing … [Read more...]
Bright College Chaplains, With Pleasures Rife (aka My Advice to Catholic Colleges re: LGBT Students)
October 10, 2015 by
The shortest, gladdest chaplains of life!I had the chance recently to talk to some people responsible for student life at a big Catholic school, who wanted to know how they could better serve and shepherd their LGBT students. Here's some of what I said. Also I could come to your school, btw, email me eve_tushnet@yahoo.com if you're interested in that.* Know that you're asking these students to, at a fairly young age, reject key components of what we call the American Dream. Lay celibacy … [Read more...]
“Always Consider the Person”: Homosexuality at the World Meeting of Families–This Is Less Boring Than It Sounds
September 29, 2015 by
(sorry--ANYWAY this is the transcript of the presentation by Ron Belgau and his mom):...I don’t think my 17-year-old self could ever have imagined my dad being as passionate as he is about protecting kids from homophobia. But it’s a reminder everyone can grow and transform. Turning back the clock to my adolescence, it never really hit home to me just how big a burden I was carrying until I was telling the story to a friend in college. He looked at me incredulously and said, “I can’t imagine … [Read more...]
“Gay Catholics and Spiritual Friendship”: Catholic News Service
September 26, 2015 by
video, with me & Ron Belgau: … [Read more...]
Slate Interviews Ron Belgau aka That Gay Dude at the World Meeting of Families
September 24, 2015 by
(that one.) Last section was the most powerful for me, but here's an earlier bit:My main goal is to reach out and encourage people who feel trapped because they believe what the church teaches about sex but feel that this leaves them no way to have a meaningful life. That’s who I’m talking to most of the time and trying to find ways to help people who agree with church teachings to live out their convictions and be welcomed and supported by other Christians as they do so.more … [Read more...]
“Can You Be Catholic and Gay? These Young Churchgoers Weigh In”: Fusion Media
September 24, 2015 by
w/Jorge Ramos: “Can you be a gay man, a lesbian, or a transgender person, and still be a Catholic?”That was just one of the questions Fusion’s Jorge Ramos asked a group of young Roman Catholics during a recent discussion about the changing nature of Catholicism in the U.S.Half of the panelists were members of the LGBT community, while the other half was comprised of conservative Catholics, including one young priest.“We’re doing it, right?” Eve Tushnet, a lesbian Catholic author and … [Read more...]
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