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]. 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.
WHAT BEG AN ALTAR BOY – ONCE MEANT TO A FORMER GAY MAN
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.
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.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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. 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 wh gay men.
There was almost nothg I did not do as a gay man. As a necsary sign of cln and support, I did not require the display of a rabow flag at a special “gay” Mass. Peter durg his tenure, particularly other clergy, knew of his ‘alhol problems’ and ‘homosexualy problems, ’” the report says.
Peter durg his tenure, particularly other clergy, knew of his ‘alhol problems’ and ‘homosexualy problems. “How do you tell your wife you’re not gay? So did legns of gay men.