In my part-time work of religious trauma recovery, listening to older LGBTQ+ Catholics, and speaking with some conservative clergy, laity, and non-religious conservatives, I have now concluded that some will never admit that human sexuality and gender are an intrinsic parts of the human identity, for heterosexual, homosexual people, gender conforming, and gender non-conforming people. I am starting to think that through the denial of reality and science denial, harm, marginalization, oppression, and even the extermination of LGBTQ+ people and... Read more

Dearest Pope Francis, On 2-16-2023, I wrote an open letter to you about Republican Catholic politicians Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis and what they are doing to transgender children and their families.  In this second letter, I will change, add, and leave some essential points from the last letter I openly wrote to you. Essentially, not only are Catholic Republicans Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis trying to eradicate transgenderism (the people) and their families from their states no matter the... Read more

Most of you know that I spent many years in traditionalist religious environments with my family.  Living in Texas all my life, for me to open my eyes to just how bad Church abuse is in collective conservative male groups, such as parts (not all) of the Church Patriarchy, I had to endure worst kind of spiritual, emotional, and psychological trauma possible for simply for not supporting Donald J. Trump. The day he mocked the disabled reporter, the theological and... Read more

Throughout my publications, I regularly speak of my political and theological shifts to the left starting the day that Trump mocked the disabled reporter in 2016.  As a disability practitioner, a mother of an Autistic son, and a person with Parkinson’s Disease, Trump mocking the disabled reporter was a life-altering turning point for me. Since 2016, the last six years prepared me for what I am doing today which is advocating for and ministering to disabled, neurodiverse, and LGBTQIA+ youth... Read more

It’s a cold reality; parts of the Catholic Church are unsafe for families who have Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ family members.  Thankfully, parts of the Catholic Church are safe for these populations because these dioceses have made a real effort to align pastoral ministry with science, especially in blue states. As a practitioner, I define Neurodivergent as anyone who falls on a psychological spectrum which diverges from the general population.  This definition includes but is not limited to those with Autism,... Read more