Amen! (Pun intended.) I am also a recovering Catholic schoolgirl. Interestingly, lots of queer women I’ve met were ex-Catholic schoolgirls. I can’t help but think there’s some correlation there…

Catholicism also messed me up in a lot of ways, but more in the mental health department. That Catholic guilt is real. I understand it’s a little frowned up on in the Medium community—so feel free to completely disregard—but I am publishing an article soon on how Catholicism affected my OCD; if you are interested, please shoot me a follow :)