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Religion has been a source of both solace and suffering for many lesbian, gay, bi, transgender and gay Americans. For while most LGBTQ+ Americans have been raised in an organized religion — and many continue to cherish their faith community — too many have been forced to go those communities behind because of condemnation of lesbian, homosexual and bisexual people.

And yet in recent years, a growing number of organized religious groups in the United States have issued statements officially welcoming Diverse people as members. Many religious organizations also have taken supportive stands on the issues that affect LGBTQ+ people in America, such as the battle for freedom from discrimination, the solemnizing of same-sex marriage and the ordination of openly Homosexual clergy.

Click on a faith tradition below for an overview of their position on Queer people and the issues that disturb them.

Please note that this list is not comprehensive. There are LGBTQ+ people of faith in a number of religions not listed here including Sikhism, Native American religions and others. There also are many LGBTQ+ people who practice forms of spirituality found outside organi

Religion and Faith

Nearly half of LGBTQ Americans are religious, and a majority of all people of faith, LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ, endorse protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people. Myths that all people of faith oppose LGBTQ people and equality are fueled by vitriolic opposition to LGBTQ people and families by anti-LGBTQ activists who claim to speak for all Christians or other religious groups. The rhetoric of these anti-LGBTQ activists frequently leads to media coverage that falsely positions LGBTQ equality as “God vs. gay.” Despite increasing religious acceptance of LGBTQ people, voices of those who oppose LGBTQ equality are disproportionately represented in media coverage: a 2012 GLAAD study found three out of four religious leaders interviewed by the media on LGBTQ issues reach from traditions that hold policies or traditions that oppose LGBTQ equality. In 2020, a Center for American Progress (CAP) learn of media coverage of LGBTQ issues found that while 66.3% of the religiously-identified sources in these articles expressed negative or anti-LGBTQ sentiment, public belief polling of religious-affiliated Americans suggests that only 25.8% oppose nondiscrimin

22 June 2023 – Equality Australia has welcomed a Together Nations report that specifically calls out religious exemptions in laws across Australia which allow discrimination against LGBT people in religious schools and by faith-based service providers.

The report, by UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, cites cases in Australia where teachers have been fired by religious schools because of their sexual orientation.
It also points to government-funded faith-based service providers, such as foster care and adoption agencies in Australia, that can lawfully reject people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The UN report recommends that any laws relating to religious exemptions must adhere to international human rights standards and not prevent LGBT people from accessing education, employment or other services.
Report: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/06/freedom-religion-or-belief-not-incompatible-equality-lgbt-persons-un-expert
Under Australia’s federal law, religious schools and other faith-based organisations acquire exemptions which allow them to discriminate against students, staff an
Public Attitudes Toward the Exploit of Religious Beliefs to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
Executive Summary
Attitudes toward LGBTQ people and LGBTQ rights hold become more positive and supportive across the U.S. over time.For example, endorse for marriage equality has grown from around 30% to over 70% in the past 20 years.Despite growing public support, legislatures have increasingly considered bills to restrict LGBTQ rights, and courts have been asked to narrow the scope of existing protections.One area of recent center has been whether businesses, medical professionals, and employers should be allowed to deny services or employment to LGBTQ people based on these entities’ religious beliefs.
In this report, we describe the public’s attitudes toward allowing businesses, medical professionals, and employers to use religious beliefs to deny services and employment to LGBTQ people. Our data comes from a survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,003 U.S. adults conducted in September 2022.
Key Findings
Most Americans oppose the use of religious beliefs to oppose business services, medical nurture, and employment to LGBTQ people.
84% of respondents opposed allowing medical p

Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Roman Catholic Church
BACKGROUND
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the nature, with approximately 1.2 billion members across the globe. With its origins in the earliest days of Christianity, the Church traces its leadership––in the person of the Pope––to St. Peter, identified by Jesus as “the rock” on which the Church would be built.
The Catholic Church in the United States numbers over 70 million members, and is organized in 33 Provinces, each led by an archbishop. Each bishop answers directly to the Pope, not to an archbishop. Those Provinces are further divided into 195 dioceses, each led by a bishop. At the base of the organizational structure are local parishes, headed by a pastor, appointed by the local bishop. The Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States meets semi-annually.
As part of a global corporation with its institutional center at the Vatican, the Catholic Church in America is shaped by worldwide societal and cultural trends. It is further shaped by leadership that is entirely male, with women excluded from the priesthood and thus from key leadership roles.
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