Are there gender requirements for Sponsors for a Catholic baptism? In the Catholic Church, do sponsors for baptism need to be male and female, or are you able to have two females or two males as sponsors?
The Code of Canon Law for the Latin Rite Catholic Church states that there may be one or two sponsors for the sacrament of baptism. However, if there are two sponsors, one must be male and the other must be female. Thus two sponsors of the same sex is not permitted according to the laws of the Church.


  Can.  873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.


Here is a more readable way of reading the same thing from the GUIDELINES FOR SPONSORS FOR BAPTISM &amp; CONFIRMATION of the Diocese of Rockford:


  A person who is to be baptized or confirmed is to have a sponsor. While it has become a tradition to have two sponsors at Baptism, having only one sponsor is acceptable. No more than two sponsors are permitted, however, and the two sponsors may not be of the same sex.


I am unaware of any possibility of someone obtaining a dispensation of the norm for allowing two sponsors of the same sex. One would have to contact the local ordinary (bishop) at the Chancery Office of your particular bishop and ask this question to those in authority for an answer.