Gay, trans families and advocates plan pilgrimage to see pope
The pope will visit the United States for the first time next week.
Several advocates for gay and trans Catholics are planning to be in attendance later this month when Pope Francis makes his first trip to the United States to attend the World Meeting of Families, according to The Boston Globe.
One such advocate is Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA, a group that advocates for equal treatment of all Catholics no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation. Duddy-Burke, who lives in Hyde Park with her wife Becky, told the Globe that the Vatican did not respond to a request to meet with Pope Francis during his visit.
Marcia Garber also plans to make the pilgrimage, in honor of her transsexual son CJ who died in 2009. She told the Globe that, if she ever had an audience with the pope, she knows what she’d want to ask.
“How does he expect a parent to behave when your child’s gender doesn’t fit?’’ Garber said. “We couldn’t say to our child, who was in so much distress, ‘Well, this is your cross for you to bear for your life.’ ’’
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