Tag: lgbtq+ rights

This week's FāVS Religion News Roundup talks about Matt Shea's lawsuit against the city, local advocates' reactions to Trump's reversal on transgender federal rights, a Negro Folk Symphony at the Fox Theater and more.

Controversy arises as the Central Valley School Board takes a stance against transgender girls' participation in girls sports. Learn about the proposed policy changes and the divided board.

Learn about Transgender Day of Remembrance and the Spokane events being held to honor and remember transgender lives lost to violence.

Examining the impact of religious mandates in public schools. Learn about the concerns and challenges faced by LGBTQ+ and non-Christian students and teachers.

The United Methodist Church’s General Conference began Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and goes through May 4. Many believe this conference will finalize the UMC's final decision on whether to expand or limit LGBTQ+ rights within the whole denomination, not just on a church-by-church basis.

There is much to learn from and praise in “Dignitas Infinita” (infinite dignity), the April 8 Vatican declaration. But its understanding of human dignity is wedded to binary opposites. This view puts the Vatican in an unholy alliance with Idaho’s legislature, which in order to wipe out the rights of transgender people has declared that there only two sexes, male and female.

While most Americans continue to broadly support LGBTQ rights, that support may be waning, including among religious Americans, according to a new poll from PRRI.