LGBTQ
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Shadow Show
In the last fifty years, Artemisia Gentileschi has risen to new eminence. She originally gained fame among…
Foster Care Fanaticism in Philadelphia
Like all major American cities, the City of Philadelphia contracts with private non-profit organizations to provide foster…
The Welby Pontificate
As an Anglican reading Ross Douthat’s To Change the Church, I could not help but notice how…
The Dark Secret of Saint Mary’s College
I was recently present for a troubling exchange between two professors at my university, St. Mary’s College…
#BillHybelsToo?
The multiple recent allegations of sexual impropriety lodged against megachurch pastor Bill Hybels are provoking heated discussion…
The Sex Education We Need
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexualityby nancy pearceybaker books, 336 pages, $22.99 Love…
When the F-Word Is Sadly Appropriate
My father—who could swear with the best of them—always told me that use of the f-word was…
Summer’s Last Sting
Culture has odd ways of supplying spontaneous correctives, even when the vanguard of a cultural wave or…
Parsing the “T”
About five years ago, a friend took her son with her when she went to a beauty…
Bros Against Humanity
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valleyby emily changportfolio, 320 pages, $28 Near the end…
When Is a Lutheran Not a Lutheran?
Last Sunday, a New Jersey Lutheran church celebrated the transition of its pastor from womanhood to manhood.…
The Carnage of Casual Sex
The identity of “Grace”—the 23-year-old woman whose bad date with P.C. comedian Aziz Ansari became the latest…
The Letter American Bishops Should Write
Here’s a simple question for future historians: How is it that the same Catholic Church in Germany,…
Mr. Fit Goes to Communion
When communion for the remarried was reintroduced into Catholic discussion a few years ago, we were informed…
Purity and Prejudice
The sexual revolution has a well-known masculine bias. Though feminists have won real battles, the outcome of…