The Catholic Church is an almost unique stutn — shunng homosexualy but havg so many gay men s ranks, wr Andrew Sullivan. The Vatin’s failure to reckon wh their sexualy has created a crisis for Catholicism.
Contents:
- YOUNG, GAY AND SGLE AMONG THE NUNS AND WIDOWS
- 80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
- THE GAY CHURCH
YOUNG, GAY AND SGLE AMONG THE NUNS AND WIDOWS
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMorn LoveAfter graduatg om llege, I pictured myself scrollg through Grdr, not livg wh my ReaWhen I graduated om llege Portland, Ore., eight years ago, I dreamed of takg my Spanish major and spir of adventure and movg abroad, where I would quickly acquire a gay lover who would troduce me to new languag, foods and sex. Needls to say, my livg suatn was not at all nducive to gay sex or most other “ss, ” so I had none to nfs before swallowg the wafer.
While the other Mass attendants wore threadbare slippers and even bathrob, my grandmother, even the face of ath, wore sus splashed wh tropil patterns and a glisteng gold watch at her om my gay South Amerin fantasy, I found myself sgle and surround by the pasty whe fac of nuns and widows. Dpe how close we were, pecially as I saw her through to her end, my grandmother didn’t know I was gay, and I didn’t tell weeks, she uld no longer get drsed or walk down the hall to Mass or leave treats for the neighbors.
Patrick’s Day pass whout blood puddgs, bangers and grandmother died not knowg I was gay. Mat’s grandmother, still livg, don’t know he’s gay eher. She om a untry where homosexualy n be a ath penalty crime.
80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
And some gay people would surely nsir Mat and me to be wards for not beg hont wh our grandmothers — for not tstg them wh the knowledge of our te selv — and say isn’t real love if you’re keepg such a major part of yourself only rponse is that love is plited and diverse. A gay son’s rellectn of his dad’s advice on how to live his life. While growg up on a Washgton state dairy farm the 1950s, Patrick Haggerty realized he was gay.
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THE GAY CHURCH
For this reason, homosexual acts are nsired a s and people wh homosexual tennci are emed “trsilly disorred.
Sister Mary Kay Hunyady, of the Relig of the Sacred Heart of J, told RNS she also stggled wh the Catholic Church’s posn on homosexualy, pecially as she worked on a dissertatn on LGBTQ relig sisters.
” on the subject of homosexual prits, to his public acts and words of chary toward the LGBTQ muny, Francis is attemptg to “crack open that door and let the light , ” the sisters said. ”In this week’s Morn Love say, “Young, Gay and Sgle Among the Nuns and Widows, ” Kev Hershey scrib the six weeks he spent tendg to his Irish grandmother her Catholic senr livg Hershey’s grandmother had cid to die by starvatn. ” In this later perd, we see a newfound homophobic ristance to the re that, the reactn’s vrl, speaks to the role this re uld really play for men mtg themselv to each other: The Patriarch’s words acknowledge the realy that no matter s tentn, the re enabled the space for sexual timaci between men.