Gender & Sexuality
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Resources for Understanding Sexuality and Gender
LifeTeen
Lifeteen has written many excellent, beautiful articles about questions of gender and sexuality, including Gay, Catholic, and Doing Fine. They can help young people understand that we are all called to chastity, and how we each mirror God’s love for every single human person.
Eden Invitation
This beautiful new website features blogs and writings aimed at young adults seeking a way to integrate and understand their sexuality and who God created them to be.
Courage
Courage is a ministry and support group for men and women who experience same sex attraction. EnCourage is their sister support group for family members who want to support their loved ones in an authentic way.The Third Way | Desire of the Everlasting Hills
Both of these beautiful films feature interviews with Catholics who share about their journeys understanding their sexuality, and discovering the immense love that God has for each of them as His children.
Fr. Mike Schmitz has also spoken at length on Love and Same Sex Attraction and written helpful articles including Defining homosexuality and Does defending traditional marriage make me a hater?
Sex, Gender and Identity- 38-min video with Dr. Ana Samuel This is a great video for parents to watch with their teenage kids who are being blasted by gender ideology by the news and entertainment media and the educational establishment.
WATCH VIDEO HERE
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Educate Yourself and Your Parish with Angelus News Articles
- Understanding sex and gender
- Sexual orientation and gender identity: What does the science say?
- Seeking a Peace Treaty in the War of the Sexes
- Pope Francis: Love those who struggle, but don’t push gender theory on kids
- Why choose celibacy? A gay Catholic speaks out
- Why this Catholic takes issue with ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ labels
- Pope Francis: Men and women are different for a reason
- Why three gay Catholics left the Church – and why they returned
- What does it look like to be gay – and a practicing Catholic?
- Pope Francis says Church must accompany gays, not discriminate
Other Resources
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Ruah woods Institute
A K-12 foundational curriculum that equips teachers and parents with church approved tools for forming boys and girls in their God-given identity.
REVEALED/ROOTED brings to life Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body in the context of our modern world. Through this curriculum, children gain an understanding of who God is, who they are as image-bearers of God, male or female, and how they fit into the world.
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The genesis of Gender by Favale
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderstood.
Weaving personal experience with expert knowledge, Dr. Abigail Favale provides an in-depth yet accessible account of the gender paradigm: a framework for understanding reality and identity that has recently risen to prominence. Favale traces the genealogy of gender to its origins in feminism and postmodern thought, describing how gender has come to eclipse sex, and how that shift is reshaping language, law, medicine, sexuality, and our own self-perceptions.
With substance, clarity, and compassion, Favale teases out the hidden assumptions of the gender paradigm and exposes its effects. Yet this book is not merely an exposé—it is also a powerful, moving articulation of a Christian understanding of reality: a holistic paradigm that proclaims the dignity of the body, the sacramental meaning of sexual difference, and the interconnectedness of all creation. The Genesis of Gender is a vital, timely resource for anyone seeking to better understand the gender paradigm—and how to live beyond it.
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