On Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why Our Church Needs to Do More

On Transgender Day of Remembrance: Why Our Church Needs to Do More

Abigail Peralta Today’s post is from Abigail Peralta, a transgender Catholic and parishioner at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, DC, where he participates in the Young Adult Community and the LGBTQIA+ ministry. These reflections are drawn from personal experience and reflect the author’s personal views only. During the month of November, our church prays for the dead and calls us to holiness. On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, an…

A transgender Catholic on what it means for the church to walk with LGBTQ people

Pope Leo XIV included a group of transgender people in a special Vatican lunch, the same week U.S. bishops went on the record opposing gender-affirming care.