Maxwell Kuzma

On Oct. 23, Maxwell Kuzma met Pope Francis as part of a group of transgender Catholic men gathered through Outreach. Being able to meet Pope Francis with no mask or false persona was a grace, he says.

God's love for the LGBTQ community was abundantly visible at the Outreach conference, a place where the word "welcome" really means welcome. My hope for the church is that this true meaning of welcome will spread.

Carl Siciliano is an inspiration, but his book Making Room is not a fairytale where the knight in shining armor rides in to vanquish what threatens the village. As Carl learns, the hero of this story is the community.

When we look deeply at the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, we begin to see there is an ultimate oneness in Jesus' life. Trans Catholics like Max Kuzma have experienced a oneness in their lives as well.

"Carol & The End of the World" is an adult animated dystopian show that effectively asks viewers to consider what they would do with just one year to live — and, by extension, how they really want to live today.

Transgender Catholic Maxwell Kuzma reflects on the recent Vatican note affirming the participation of trans people in church life.

Watching current events as a transgender person is enough to make Max Kuzma's head spin. He and other LGBTQ+ Catholics are sustained by finding God in living out their authentic identity and sharing their gifts with pride.

Leveling theological rejections at people who are humbling themselves before God looks nothing like the example of Jesus. Maybe instead, the church can meet in shared vulnerability — like washing each other's feet.

Growing up as a young LGBTQ person of faith in the Catholic Church, I was familiar with two things: uncertainty and waiting.

Book review: Abigail Favale's book promises "an intellectually honest, respectful, and faithfully Catholic view" tracing the philosophical origin of gender studies. Yet it leaves out quite a bit of the story.

It is clear that Warren Jeffs used a position of power and authority to manipulate and control people for his own ends. But for the members of his congregation, it was not that simple.

Book review: Outlove is the biographical survival story of Julie Rodgers, who grew up fiercely evangelical and passionately in love with Jesus with one small problem: She was attracted to other women.