DignityUSA

06/02/2026

Gene Corpuz, wearing his DignityUSA Pride shirt (for purchase here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/dignityusa/), was chosen to raise one of the Pride flags at the Hawaii Capitol in Honolulu on June 1. A great honor to start Pride month!

05/19/2026

TOMORROW: Join DignityUSA and Dr. Lucas Wilson (editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy) on May 20 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for Conversion Therapy: Understanding and Confronting Harm. Conversion practices—commonly referred to as conversion therapy—constitute the damaging efforts to change q***r individuals' sexual orientations and/or gender identities and expressions. As a survivor of conversion therapy himself, Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices before discussing the prevalence of conversion practices in North America.

Register now:

Dr. Lucas Wilson, a survivor of conversion therapy, will define modern conversion therapy practices and discuss their prevalence and harms.

05/13/2026

Join DignityUSA and Dr. Lucas Wilson (editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy) on May 20 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for Conversion Therapy: Understanding and Confronting Harm. Conversion practices—commonly referred to as conversion therapy—constitute the damaging efforts to change q***r individuals' sexual orientations and/or gender identities and expressions. As a survivor of conversion therapy himself, Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices before discussing the prevalence of conversion practices in North America.

Register now:

Dr. Lucas Wilson, a survivor of conversion therapy, will define modern conversion therapy practices and discuss their prevalence and harms.

05/07/2026

Our friends at the Alana Faith Chen Foundation invite you to join them on June 7 in Denver for the Run for Alana:

"Let’s kick off Pride Month with a 3-mile run as we raise awareness and funds for LGBTQ+ mental health in our community. Our goal is to raise $10,000 for free therapy for those in critical need."

Register and learn more:

Join us for the 7th Annual Run for Alana on Sunday, June 7th in person at Odell Brewery Sloan's Lake or participate virtually from wherever you are! Get out and support LGBTQ+ mental health.

05/06/2026

From our friends at the Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS):

Please join us ONLINE today at 1pm (Pacific Time) for At the Heart of the Church: Lessons from Transgender Catholics. This is our eighth CLGS Lavender Lunch of the academic year.

We will meet online at 1pm (Pacific Time) today; click here to join this event via Zoom, or go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83413371531?pwd=SyLHmFkkXgDZbkUSqFRVoh3d2x5xwj.1

Sponsored by the CLGS Catholic Roundtable, this Lavender Lunch panel brings together Trans Catholic leaders whose lives, faith, and courage are at the heart of the Church and are already shaping the Church’s future. Rather than rehearsing old debates, we look ahead—toward communities where Trans bodies are honored and help shape a Catholic tradition informed by their grace-filled lives.

Panelists will reflect on emerging theological visions, pastoral practices, and spiritual insights borne from Trans wisdom. Together, we explore how trans Catholics are not just included in the Church’s future, but essential to creating it. They are the heart of the Church.

Please join us!

05/06/2026

DignityUSA, the world’s oldest organization of LGBTQ+ Catholics and supporters, says the Vatican Synod study group’s final report on “Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral, and Ethical Issues” contains hopeful possibilities for LGBTQ+ people and families, but leaves many questions unanswered about how the ongoing work of engaging in dialogue and discernment called for by the document will occur.

“This document demonstrates a welcome humility and openness to learning from the People of God about their lives and faith journeys,” said Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA.

Read more:

The Vatican Synod study group’s final report leaves many questions unanswered.

04/23/2026

Women's Ordination Conference is calling on the Church to recognize the vocations of women and embrace equality in ordained ministry.

Add your name to their petition and help spread the word: https://c.org/RGBHK###Hf

03/31/2026

The U.S. Supreme Court’s blockage of a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors poses a very real danger and puts young people’s lives at risk, warns DignityUSA.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s blockage of a Colorado ban on conversion therapy for minors poses a very real danger.

03/31/2026

Today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the courage, resilience and sacred dignity of transgender and nonbinary people everywhere.

At DignityUSA, we celebrate the truth that every person is created in love and worthy of full inclusion—both in our Church and in our world. Trans lives are gifts. Trans voices matter. Trans joy is holy!

03/17/2026

DignityUSA has been an active participant in Synod activities since the process began in 2021. From our earliest listening sessions, the issue of women’s lack of equality in our church has been a consistent concern. Therefore, we submitted comments and awaited with interest and hope the report of Working Group 5, the team charged with addressing this issue.

Read our statement on the results of this Working Group on our site:

The issue of women’s lack of equality in our church has been a consistent concern.