"Controversy Surrounds Transgender Activist's Funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral"
St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City was unknowingly tricked into hosting a "sacrilegious" funeral for transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, where over 1,000 mourners, many transgender, celebrated her life with flashy outfits and rowdy behavior. The cathedral expressed outrage at the funeral's disrespectful nature, which included eulogies referring to Gentili as "St. Cecilia, mother of all whores." The ceremony, which sparked backlash from Catholics, was organized without the cathedral's knowledge of Gentili's background, and it marked the first funeral service for a trans person at St. Patrick's Cathedral.