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You are here: Home / Anti-Bullying & Homophobia / Can you be LGBT and Catholic? This documentary investigates

Can you be LGBT and Catholic? This documentary investigates

13/01/2016 By ACOMSDave Leave a Comment

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12th January 2016 by Daniel Megarry

A documentary has gone inside the walls of an LGBT-friendly church in Baltimore to dispel myths that people cannot be both gay and Catholic.

The LGBT Educating and Affirming Diversity Ministry within the Saint Matthew Catholic Church seeks to provide church-goers with a community that is universally accepting of people from all walks of life.

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© Eric Kruszewski


 
Filmmaker Eric Kruszewski recently crossed paths with LEAD and decided to create a documentary series to share their mission statement, and look at the lives of people who identify as both LGBT and Catholic.
He told Out magazine: “I was raised Catholic, but have not practiced my faith in years. And before this project, I had never heard of Saint Matthew Catholic Church. One of the parishioners knew my work and me. So when we bumped into each other at a media event, she told me, ‘I have a story for you…’
“There’s no way I can fully understand what it’s like to be an LGBT Catholic in 2016. But through interviews, the documentary process and getting close to the individuals portrayed in these videos, my goal was to accurately capture their thoughts, feelings and experiences.”
Watch the first part of the documentary below

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Filed Under: Anti-Bullying & Homophobia Tagged With: Catholic, church, LGBT Christian, politics

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