In the wake of Dignitas Infinita, it is clear that the Vatican has offered a definitive "no" to "gender ideology," whatever that means.
It now has to answer a far more pivotal question, beyond that "no" — it needs a "yes." What positive vision does the church have for trans and nonbinary Catholics? If they are not to live according to "gender ideology," how exactly should they live an embodied, Christian experience of gender?
This question is more urgent than ever, because I worry that our church is repeating the deadly approach it has inflicted for decades upon gay Catholics — a mindset whose logical conclusion is conversion therapy.
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