Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex.
Tis 2022 photo shows a self-portrait of Maxwell Kuzma, a transgender man working as a film editor and writer living outside of Columbus in rural Ohio. Kuzma expressed dismay at a Vatican document issued Monday, April 8, 2024, that rejected the idea that ones biological sex can change.
The new document never uses the word “transgender,” which troubled Michal Sennet, a transgender man who is involved with an LGBTQ+ ministry at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. “Transgender people are beloved, intentional creations of God the same as cisgender men and women are,” Sennet said. “Trans people who take hormones or have surgeries are not playing God; we are respecting and accepting our authentic selves.”
“Transgender persons are being condemned for who we are, and more importantly we become subject to potential harm,” Zuba said in an email. “It again gives fuel to those who continue to deny our existence.” “I fear, though, that the tone of this document may bring more harm to trans individuals and fuel the hate that is proliferating in the U.S., with more oppressive laws that will lead to suicides and violence,” he said via email. “I hope the Vatican convenes some devout trans Catholics from around the world to dissect this document and make it more pastoral."
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