LGBT News Pope Francis Holds Private Meeting With Transgender Man and Fiancée

BradThePug · Jan 29, 2015

A transgender man and his fiancée reportedly had a private meeting with Pope Francis over the weekend. The man, Diego Neria Lejárraga, wrote a letter about being rejected by his parish in Spain and being called “the devil’s daughter” by a priest.

“For the pope to meet with a transgender man about to be married, and for that meeting to result in this man feeling more hopeful about his place in the church, shows a concern for those at the very margins of our church. I hope the pope listened carefully to this man’s experience and will speak about what he heard,” Marianne Duddy-Burke, who heads the LGBT Catholic organization Dignity USA, told the Washington Blade. According to the Blade, the story was originally reported by Hoy, a Spanish-language publication in the nation’s Extremadura region. A translation of the Spanish text indicates that Lejárraga said the pope embraced him and that he now feels at peace.
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resu · Jan 30, 2015

That's great. I think he is often sheltered by conservatives, but he honestly will listen to anyone's opinion and concerns.

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