LGBTQ+ Advocates From Then and Now

LGBTQ+ advocates from then and now

Quite a number of people have served as trailblazers for their efforts pushing for the rights and recognition of LGBTQ+ people across the country and the world. Due to those efforts, scores of individuals no longer feel as though they…

Letter to the Editors: A Truly Augustinian Pope Would Also Welcome LGBTQ Young People

Dr. Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes is an assistant clinical professor at the Yale Child Study Center and vice president of research and evaluation at Born This Way Foundation. She is a proud Villanova graduate and Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project. The views expressed here are her own. The election of a new pope—one with multiracial ancestry and a commitment to Augustinian principles—marks a powerful moment for Villanovans, Catholics, and a…