sexual orientation
Lee University considers limiting student speech on gender
By Associated Press — May 23, 2022
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) — If approved, the policy presented to faculty and staff this month would not allow students to identify as anything other than their biological sex.
Pope Francis urges parents not to ‘condemn’ children for their sexual orientation
By Claire Giangravé — January 26, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis encouraged parents instead to have the courage to help and accompany them.
Are LGBTQ students at Christian schools discriminated against? A lawsuit, scholarly studies say yes.
By Yonat Shimron — April 5, 2021
(RNS) — A new lawsuit backs up what scholars have been saying: LGBTQ students at Christian schools experience higher rates of bullying and harassment as well as clinical depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation in comparison with students at non-religious schools.
Study: Americans overwhelmingly support LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws
By Yonat Shimron — March 23, 2021
(RNS) — The 2020 American Values Atlas study from PRRI finds that at least 60% of every U.S. religious group favors laws that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. But religious leaders are another matter.
In some Christian circles, a new #oncegay movement makes a comeback
By Yonat Shimron — September 12, 2019
(RNS) — The resurgence of ex-gay ministries, such as the new Changed platform, is a reminder that for a large segment of Christianity, the belief that homosexuality is a sin is pervasive and deeply ingrained.
A push for compromise on LGBTQ protections may tear evangelicals apart
By Yonat Shimron — December 20, 2018
(RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities want protections for sexual orientation and gender identity as well as strong religious exemptions. But will evangelicals embrace such a compromise?
Outcry greets Vatican decision to reaffirm ban on gay priests
By Josephine McKenna — December 8, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A decision to reaffirm Rome's opposition to gay priests has angered activists fighting for change within the Catholic Church.
Gordon College professor sues for retaliation over LGBT comments
By Yonat Shimron — May 5, 2016
(RNS) Gordon’s long-standing policy became controversial in 2014 after its president signed on to a national push from religious colleges to seek exemptions from hiring LGBT people.
Portland Catholic school changes gay hiring policy after backlash
By Reuters — August 28, 2015
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) The school board of the all-girls St. Mary's Academy voted unanimously late Wednesday to add sexual orientation to its equal employment opportunity policy.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: ‘Not going to change’ religious freedom law
By Richard Wolf — March 30, 2015
Facing a rising tide of criticism and business boycotts against his state, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said he would consider a second law that "amplifies and clarifies" the first one but added, "We're not going to change the law."
Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t defined by his sexuality, and neither should anyone else (COMMENTARY)
By Tré Goins-Phillips — October 31, 2014
LYNCHBURG, Va. (RNS) With pro-gay, anti-gay, and I-don’t-know-yet-gay groups advocating for one thing or another, the individual lives behind these labels of sexual orientation have been lost.
COMMENTARY: Why a religious exemption would not open the floodgates
By Kirsten Powers — July 9, 2014
(RNS) Religious exemption opponents claim it would relegate gays to second-class citizens. But religious institutions in the U.S. already enjoy exemptions to discriminate in hiring, including refusing to hire women in senior leadership.
N.J. gay conversion therapy ban challenged in federal court
By Susan K. Livio — August 26, 2013
(RNS) New Jersey's newly enacted ban on gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors violates a licensed therapist's obligation to "respect the rights of clients to make decisions," according to a federal lawsuit filed by a Christian counselors group.
Update: U.K. innkeepers fined for turning away gay couple
By Tracy Gordon — February 14, 2012
LONDON (RNS) Britain's Court of Appeals has ordered a pair of Christian innkeepers to pay thousands of pounds in damages to a gay couple they refused to allow to stay together in one of their rooms. By Al Webb.
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