Gender Ideology:
What Catholics
Need to Know
With Mary Rice Hasson, J.D.
A six-week series exploring “GENDER IDEOLOGY”
from a Catholic perspective
Clarity On Identity & Sexuality Issues Does Exist!
The Identity Project is for parents, grandparents, teachers, leaders, ministers, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to know, speak, and advocate for the truth about human identity amid cultural chaos.
Mary Rice Hasson
Director, Catholic Women’s Forum
Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., is the Kate O’Beirne Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where she co-founded and directs the Person and Identity Project, an initiative that equips parents and faith-based institutions to promote the truth about the human person and counter gender ideology.
An attorney and policy expert, Mary has been a keynote speaker for the Holy See during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, addressing education, women and work, caregiving, and gender ideology, and serves as a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family, Life and Youth. She speaks frequently at national conferences, universities, and in dioceses across the country, and has testified before the U.S. Senate, state legislatures, and the Australian parliament on parents’ rights and transgender issues.
The co-author of several books on education, Mary’s writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, National Review, First Things, the National Catholic Register and Our Sunday Visitor, among others.
In March 2023, Mary was the 2023 recipient of the Christifideles Laici award, presented at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School, Mary is married to Seamus Hasson. They are parents of seven grown children and grandparents of five.
April 9, 2024 – 7pm
The Big Question: “Who am I?”
Catholic teaching on the person v Ideology – Irreconcilable anthropologies
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April 16, 2024 – 7pm
“Transgender Tipping Point: 10 Years Later”
Trajectory – Roots, Cultural Changes, Future Challenges – religious liberty
Articles:
- “The Philosophical Contradictions of the Transgender Worldview” by Ryan Anderson
- “The Trans-Industrial Complex” by Mary Hasson
- “Our World Has Lots the Catholic Understanding of Human Anthropology” by Theresa Farnan
Presentation Slides:
April 23, 2024 – 7pm
The LGBTQ Generation: The Influences on Youth
Vulnerabilities, Vectors/Influencers – schools, parental rights, counselors
Additional Resources:
- Cass Report (UK) – it took 4 years of research
- an analysis on Cass Report from the Society of Evidence Based Gender Medicine
- Bernard Lane’s article on the Cass Report and influence on other European countries “Dutch Doubt“
- WPATH Leaked Files
- ROGD Boys (resource) Boys With Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
- Book: A Practical Response to Gender Distress: Tips and Tools for Families by Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
Presentation Slides:
April 30, 2024 – 7pm
What About “Transgender” Body Modifications?
Medical/Surgical Interventions and Catholic Teaching
Presentation Slides:
May 7, 2024 – 7pm
Gender, Mental Health, and Suicide: The Facts
“Gender dysphoria” and Co-morbidities; Suicide risks and Realities
Presentation Slides:
May 14, 2024 – 7pm
The Catholic Response: Truth and Charity
Principles – summation – Cases – business, family members, peers, experts
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Additional Resources:
- New York Times, “Hilary Cass says U.S. Doctors are ‘Out of Touch’ on Youth Gender Medicine“
- Christina Buttons, “One Month Recap Since the Final Cass Report”
- Diocesan Policies cultivated by the Person and Identity Project
- Archdiocese of San Francisco Pastoral Letter, “The Body-Soul Unity of the Human Person“
- Diocese of Tulsa, “An Instruction on the Human Person and Pastoral Issues Relating to Identity & Sexuality” (PDF Document)
- Diocese of Arlington, “A Catechesis on the Human Person and Gender Ideology” (PDF document)