VATICAN CITY—In a radil break om centuri of strict church doctre, the Pope approved a measure yterday that would allow gay men and boys to be provisnally accepted to the Catholic Church.
Contents:
- WHAT THE MALE-ONLY WORLD OF ALTAR BOYS MEANT TO THIS FORMER GAY MAN
- WHAT BEG AN ALTAR BOY – ONCE MEANT TO A FORMER GAY MAN
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- WHAT TO WATCH: THEO GERMAE STRIK BACK, THE WO OF POLY LOVE, AND GAY ALTAR BOYS
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- CATHOLIC CHURCH ALLOWS GAYS TO SERVE AS ALTAR BOYS
WHAT THE MALE-ONLY WORLD OF ALTAR BOYS MEANT TO THIS FORMER GAY MAN
[See also: Why So Many Gay Men Are Former Catholics].
WHAT BEG AN ALTAR BOY – ONCE MEANT TO A FORMER GAY MAN
It’s bee a rather sad cliché among those who later bee “gay, ” but I loathed PE as I was always the last one picked for a team. After graduatn, I lerally ran to San Francis’s “gay” Castro District – knowg that there, I would fd the acceptg all-male world I never felt a part of.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Over a later, when I got flhed out of “gay, ” I hobbled back to the Church, strangely enough, first headg to the same parish that I once served as an altar boy.
But, a way, I wasn’t surprised, bee jt the day prr I had spoken to the same prit, and, spe my blasted and bised body, he remend that I return to my old “gay” life. Although, I am sure he thought he was beg credibly charable and sympathetic, I saw as the ultimate rejectn: that, on this pla, there was no other place for me, except “gay. What beg an altar boy – once meant to a former gay man | Joseph Sciambra.
WHAT TO WATCH: THEO GERMAE STRIK BACK, THE WO OF POLY LOVE, AND GAY ALTAR BOYS
What beg an altar boy – once meant to a former gay man.
20 GAY GREEK GODS
It’s bee a rather sad cliché among those who later bee “gay, ” I too loathed my physil tn class as I always end up the last one picked for a team; even the girls were preferred by the athletic boy team ptas. After graduatn, I lerally ran to San Francis’s gay Castro District, knowg that there, I would fd the acceptg all-male world of which I had never felt I belonged.
CATHOLIC CHURCH ALLOWS GAYS TO SERVE AS ALTAR BOYS
Over a later, when I crashed onto the siwalk outsi a gay sex club, I hobbled back to the Church, strangely enough, first headg to the same parish where I once served as an altar boy. In a way I wasn’t surprised, bee jt the day prr I had spoken to the same prit and spe my blasted and bised body, he remend that I return to my former gay life.