OP here. I'm just posing these questions for research on specific schools. Not trying to skirt any rules or reap benefits without respecting the Faith. We are a Catholic family with an LGBTQ (immediate) family member and we don't want our child to be exposed to homophobic rhetoric or practices. Public school isn't working and the tuition at liberal privates is too much. I'd like to believe there are a few schools, even just one or two, (like McNamara!) that are welcoming to the gay community.

Anonymous wrote:St. John’s
Holy cross
Good counsel

The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

This. I am not sure about Clubs but the girls and co-ed schools have girls in relationships and going to homecoming, prom, etc. I know at SJC there have been girl couples walk to senior saber arch at Reg Ball.

Of course all the boys are straight.

St. John’s
Holy cross
Good counsel

The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

OP said it is just because the schools are close to her house. Do not pick a school that a community built to support their own beliefs and go in and try to reap the benefits while not holding yourself to their rules. That is so disrespectful.

Well that wasn't the OP. That was me. My family is Catholic. I won't comment further.

My daughter goes to a diocesan high school in the Arlington Diocese and there are no support clubs or groups and I would say this is virtually unheard of.’

Anonymous wrote:Do they exist? If so, how? “Under the table” with student-run clubs that aren’t acknowledged by the school, or out in the open with teachers and administration supporting decisions like having same-sex dates at prom? Somewhere in the middle? And which schools?

DC is looking at both all-girls and co-ed in the DC/MoCo area.

OK, I'll answer the actual question instead of soapboxing. A parent of a student at McNamara told me there are openly gay and trans students there, and there is a faculty-sponsored gay-straight alliance. This was last year so I don't know what the status is now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

That doesn't mean that catholic schools are going to have clubs centered around a sexuality or support same-sex couples at the prom. Expecting to be treated with respect is one thing, expecting to be celebrated is another.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

OP said it is just because the schools are close to her house. Do not pick a school that a community built to support their own beliefs and go in and try to reap the benefits while not holding yourself to their rules. That is so disrespectful.

Nooooooooooooo.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

+1. The answer is none, OP.

I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been told that many of the Catholic schools have come a long way. I would assume the Catholic schools inside DC Proper
skew much more liberally than, let’s say, the ones outside the beltway, for example.

Why not send her to a non-Catholic private school and just find a gay friendly “affirming” church?

Not the PP but Catholic schools are the closest to where we live so I would also be interested in this.

I’ve been told that many of the Catholic schools have come a long way. I would assume the Catholic schools inside DC Proper
skew much more liberally than, let’s say, the ones outside the beltway, for example.

Why not send her to a non-Catholic private school and just find a gay friendly “affirming” church?

Do they exist? If so, how? “Under the table” with student-run clubs that aren’t acknowledged by the school, or out in the open with teachers and administration supporting decisions like having same-sex dates at prom? Somewhere in the middle? And which schools?

DC is looking at both all-girls and co-ed in the DC/MoCo area.