Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp (he/they) is the Executive Director of LOVEboldly, a faith-based Ohio nonprofit creating spaces for LGBTQIA+ people to flourish in Christianity, and the Pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Columbus, a progressive congregation committed to social justice. He sits on the Board of The Buckeye Flame. He is an openly Queer Christian, public theologian, author, and activist. He earned degrees in philosophy, higher education, and leadership and wrote his dissertation on the leadership of LGBTQIA+ people in the Church. You can learn more about his work at www.benhuelskamp.com.
To simply shut down discussions and expressions of alternative views is at best suspect and at worse, runs counter to the Catholic Church’s intellectual history.