Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J., First Things
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
As the LGBTQ ideology comes increasingly to resemble a rival religious movement, we should recognize that it poses similar obstacles to discipleship. The movement possesses its own symbols, holy seasons, rites of initiation, social teachings, speech and purity codes, and inquisitorial methods. In “gender reassignment,” it promises a new identity, much as baptism does. That promise is ultimately empty – which is why the movement’s goals, like its acronym, are constantly expanding. The ideological presuppositions that guide the movement – about creation and the nature of the human person – are profoundly at odds with Christian revelation.
