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The retreat of Florence, a house of affections for young Christians queer

Testimony of Lorenzo Russo of Rome on "Living a meeting" national withdrawal of young Christians Queer (4-6 April 2025-Florence) albeit the opposite, Christianity Queer exists and we are tangible proof of it. Overlooking the green Florentine hills, from 4 to 6 April 2025, the monastery of the Benedictine nuns of Santa Marta in Florence was home ...

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Corner stones. Voices and faces from the meeting of Florence

What does it mean to welcome every person in our Christian communities, without distinctions? What can we do so that our churches become more and more "inclusion and support sanctuaries" for LGBT+ people and their family members? In these short interviews we will listen to those who participated on Saturday 5 April 2025 in the day corner stones, organized by La Tenda di Gionata in a parish ...

Gay Christians

A Catholic gay on the way in times that have lost hope

Jason Steidl Jack* article published on the Outreach website (USA) on February 20, 2025, freely translated by Diego de La Tenda di Gionata were difficult weeks for many injured and vulnerable people in the United States and all over the world. The administration of President Donald Trump has triggered an avalanche of executive orders directed against transgender people, the ...

Transgender Christians

An diocesan hermit is coming out as a transgender person with the support of Bishop Stowe

Text by Robert Shine*, published on the Catholic Blog New Ways Ministry (United States) on May 20, 2024. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project in what could be an unprecedented event in the history of the Catholic Church, an diocesan hermit has made a coming out as a transgender person, with the full support of its diocesan bishop. The desire for this ...

Transgender Christians

Our path of trans people reveals God's love for everyone

Testimony of Phoebe Carstens*, published in New Ways Ministry (United States) on March 31, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. Years ago, during an imaginative prayer retreat, I made one of the most important decisions of my life: to start my physical transition. I was following a spiritual path based on spiritual exercises and I had learned to leave ...

Christian lesbians

How I reconciled my Catholic faith with my love for another woman

Testimony of Janine Scott-Dos Santos*, published on the Outreach website (United States) on March 27, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project Crescendo in a Catholic family in South Africa, my faith has always been the solid ground under my feet. I was educated to believe in the loving embrace of God, guided by the teachings of the Church. As a girl, I have ...