It's hard for me to understand those gay people who attend a church that officially brands them as depraved and disordered. Have you seen the Catholic catechism in that respect? It's jaw-droppingly evil and disgusting.

It proclaims that we commit acts of grave depravity. I am NOT DEPRAVED, and I'm disgusted I have to even say say that.

The same catechism, that's taught to school children all over the world every day, proclaims that we gay people are intrinsically disordered, that there's something WRONG with us.

That fills me with grief, horror, fierce anger — and again it disgusts me that I have to object, but I do have to object because people somehow are just okay with those monstrous teachings.

Then, in the worst atrocity of all, the catechism says respect us. It teaches that that sort of vicious hate speech does not preclude respect.

It says that calling us depraved and disordered is respectful! Imagine being the target of those twisted, evil teachings and being told that the teachings are respectful! Imagine! Thinking about that too much literally makes me sick to my stomach. To know that people think I'm that low.

When I see a Catholic priest or nun, I'm filled with horror, because I know that they had to affirm those doctrines to take their vows. I guess if they're elderly, it's one thing. But it's 2024, so if they're not elderly, I know that when they took those vows they had to consider the Church's horrifying teachings about me — and consciously, willingly accept them. What do you think that makes a person like me feel about them?

Here's an answer:

I would no more enter a Catholic church than I would enter a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan. Because they teach that I'm depraved and disordered! They teach that there's something wrong with me! They teach that I'm broken! They proclaim that to the world!

Pope Francis calls us the Italian equivalent of faggots (twice within a few weeks without apologizing!) while explaining to priest and bishops why gay men may not train for the priesthood. While some of the priests and bishops laughed at the pope's heinous slur against me and the people I love.

The pope shut down reform movements in Germany and Belgium led by priests and laypeople intent on changing the horrifying, disgusting doctrines of the church with respect to people like me.

Then at the church synod being held right now, he put LGBTQ issues off the table. We have no hope of reform. He won't allow it, and the fact that he privately considers us to be faggots makes it very simple for us to understand why.

I wish people like you would be less amenable to evil. There are tens of thousands of Christian denominations in the world beside Catholic. It's not necessary to worship in a church that teaches that I'm depraved and disordered.

It's not necessary to embrace the Klan. The fact that some gay people do isn't all that surprising, although it's desperately sad.

I mean, think about the word Uncle Tom, and understand that some Black people have historically cooperated with their persecutors too.

I know one thing for sure, there's not a damn thing broken about me. I am not depraved! I am not intrinsically disordered!

And I know that anyone who accepts the teachings that I commit great acts of grave depravity is a thoroughly vicious, disgusting person. Meeting Catholic nuns and priests are thoroughly vicious, disgusting people.

I despair that people just accept evil like that.

The Catholic Church is heinous, twisted, evil, and disgusting beyond words.

I AM NOT DEPRAVED?

I'M NOT!

Your church teaches school children that I am.

As I despair.