@LGBTCatholics is an online ministry, and our primary purpose is to provide resources for inclusive LGBTQ+ ministry to all who are interested—no matter where in the world they are.
Our second objective is to let those who have left the Church—LGBTQ+ Catholics and their family members—know about the efforts that many lay and some ordained Catholics are making to create safe spaces for all, and to invite others to help build those spaces.
Most of all, we are here to let all LGBTQ+ persons know that God loves us unconditionally.
We have several contributors who engage in inclusive Catholic LGBTQ+ ministry in different countries. Our Facebook and Instagram pages also feature content from various contributors.
You can find us on Instagram and TikTok @lgbtcatholics, or on Facebook @TheLGBTCatholic and @CatolicosLGBT.
MESSAGE FROM OUR ADMIN AND FOUNDER:
The original video that linked to this page — which was located in our Basics of Doctrine section — was my first work in LGBTQ+ ministry.
Since then, I’ve learned so much more.
In March 2019, I turned this page exclusively into a resource hub so that we could continue building knowledge and bridges together. The resources gathered ended up becoming a book.
In 2022, Paulist Press published my first book, LGBTQ Catholics: A Guide to Inclusive Ministry, which compiles the most important and foundational resources individuals should be familiar with. Since then, this webpage has evolved into more of a legacy page.
In 2024, I was invited by the Boston College School of Theology to give a lecture on the Basics of Church Doctrine, and the video can be found on our homepage. I recommend that anyone who is new to this topic, or looking to learn more, watch that video first.
To give you some background information about myself: my name is Yunuen Trujillo, and I am a lay minister, a faith-based community organizer, an immigration attorney, and an LGBT Catholic. I have been involved in young adult ministry for more than 19 years—first as a youth leader and later as an archdiocesan leader. As part of the Archdiocesan Young Adult Ministry in Spanish (Pastoral Juvenil de la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles), I coordinated religious formation programs for young adults in Spanish. I also served as a Catholic radio host for five years.
In addition, I am a faith-based community organizer and teach religious formation programs on Catholic Social Teaching.
In 2014, I became involved with Always Our Children, a Catholic support group for parents and family members of LGBT Catholics. I also served for eleven years as the Religious Formation Coordinator (Spanish) with the Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons, an archdiocesan ministry in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. (This webpage, however, is a personal project and is not affiliated with that ministry. Any views expressed here are my own.)
I am now a member of the board of trustees for two amazing organizations: New Ways Ministry and Future Church.
I have also begun expanding my ministry into the area of Intersectionality.
It is my hope and dream that the information you find here serves as a “kickstarter” — a source of motivation for all those engaged in ministry to learn more about this topic, to better understand the lived experience of LGBTQ+ Catholics, and to recognize the importance of ongoing religious formation and growing in knowledge of the people you serve.
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