Gay Teacher at Catholic School Appeals for an End to the Firg of LGBTQ Church Workers - New Ways Mistry

Contents:

• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• COURT SIS WH CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT LET EMPLOYEE GO OVER HER GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
• WHY ARE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FIRG GAY TEACHERS, AND HOW N ONE REFE?
• GAY TEACHER AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL APPEALS FOR AN END TO THE FIRG OF LGBTQ CHURCH WORKERS

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

Haton says she knew of 10 LGBTQ stunts the school where she was prcipal who had hurt themselv, cludg by cuttg themselv or attemptg suici bee of homophobia at home or school. But my rearch to religly spired homophobia and transphobia Canadian Catholic schools sce 2004 shows there are other LGBTQ-intified teachers who suffer siar fat.

COURT SIS WH CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT LET EMPLOYEE GO OVER HER GAY MARRIAGE

In the years that I tght for CCSD, I experienced homophobia daily.

GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

I knew I uld no longer work for CCSD when a stunt where I was teachg died by suici after sufferg months of homophobic bullyg bee he was gay.

I left teachg to rearch homophobia and transphobia Canadian Catholic schools and also to beg to qutn and unrstand how the phobias are stutnalized. In other words, who or what systems are rponsible for creatg and implementg homophobic and transphobic relig curriculum and admistrative polici?

WHY ARE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FIRG GAY TEACHERS, AND HOW N ONE REFE?

This recurrg discrimatn agast sexual and genr mory groups uld be due to the central ntradictn wh Catholic doctre self: the church’s teachg bt summarized as “It’s OK to be gay, jt don’t act on , ” — a posn some Catholics reject.

An fluential 2004 Ontar curricular and policy document, “Pastoral Guil to Assist Stunts of Same-Sex Orientatn”, prents a variety of guil, personal stori and sectns of the Catechism of the Catholic Church pertag to homosexual attractn to nvey a ntradictory posn.

GAY TEACHER AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL APPEALS FOR AN END TO THE FIRG OF LGBTQ CHURCH WORKERS

While homosexual acts are “trsilly disorred, ” people experiencg homosexual attractn are lled to chasty and “mt be accepted wh rpect, passn, and sensivy” and therefore are need of “pastoral re. The letter elaborat on the official Church teachgs, statg the “clatn of the homosexual person” is a “strong tenncy orred toward an trsic moral evil. Where schools promote such ntradictory msag associatg rpect and pravy wh LGBTQ people, they have ma Alberta and Ontar Catholic schools potential hotbeds for homophobia — plac where dited teachers fear for their jobs, and where LGBTQ youth are nied te acceptance and as a nsequence are at risk of bullyg and prsn among other thgs.

My recent book Homophobia the Hallways: Heterosexism and Transphobia Catholic Schools explor and effects of the long-standg disnnect between Canadian Catholic schools and the Canadian Charter of Human Rights vis-à-vis sexual and genr mory groups. I sought to document how such homophobic polici and views are impactg teachers and stunts and to unver what is actually happeng.