Digny was found 1969 San Diego by Fr. Patrick Nidorf, an Augtian prit and psychologist who felt that the pastoral needs of his cy's gay Catholic muny were beg ignored.
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS
- BREAK WH CATHOLIC CHURCH : DIGNY ‘MANIFTO’ CALLS GAY SEXUALY A ‘HOLY GIFT’
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
GAY RIGHTS
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * dignity gay organization *
Wele to the Digny Boston CommunyDigny Boston is a progrsive and clive Catholic muny for people of all sexual orientatns, genrs and genr inti, cludg gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex persons, our fay, iends and supporters. Stephen’s Church at 419 Shawmut Avenue Boston’s south end typilly at 5 pm on a the first wav of the Gay Liberatn movement that followed the Stonewall Rts, Digny Boston has been providg a home for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex (GLBTQI) Catholics, our iends and supporters sce 1972. Helped fight for passage of the Gay and Lbian Stunts’ Rights Bill to protect the rights of our youth the public schools of “Each of Us Beloved, ” a nference put on by the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual Speakers Bure of Boston regardg issu of sexualy and Massachetts’ Gay/Straight Youth Pri March, the first such march for the rights of GLBT youth the for marriage equaly and protectns for transgenr persons om a Catholic social jtice perspective.
BREAK WH CATHOLIC CHURCH : DIGNY ‘MANIFTO’ CALLS GAY SEXUALY A ‘HOLY GIFT’
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * dignity gay organization *
DignyHoton wel and works for rpect and jtice for people of all sexual orientatns, genrs, and genr inti - pecially lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons - the Catholic Church and the world through worship, tn, advocy and support.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Digny, the embattled anizatn of gay Roman Catholics, recently adopted a "manifto" on sexual ethics that mak a sharp parture om tradnal church teachg and celebrat gay sexualy as a "holy gift." * dignity gay organization *
The Early Gay Rights Movement In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found Chigo the Society for Human Rights, the first documented gay rights anizatn the Uned Stat. Army service World War I, Gerber was spired to create his anizatn by the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, a “homosexual emancipatn” group ’s small group published a few issu of s newsletter “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter. Ernment signated Gerber’s Chigo hoe a Natnal Historic Pk TriangleCorbis/Getty ImagHomosexual prisoners at the ncentratn mp at Sachsenhsen, Germany, wearg pk triangl on their uniforms on December 19, gay rights movement stagnated for the next few s, though LGBT dividuals around the world did e to the spotlight a few example, English poet and thor Radclyffe Hall stirred up ntroversy 1928 when she published her lbian-themed novel, The Well of Lonels.
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And durg World War II, the Nazis held homosexual men ncentratn mps, brandg them wh the famo pk triangle badge, which was also given to sexual predators.