Posts Tagged ‘Transgender’
Honoring Queer Experiences Of God
When I was first coming to terms with my queerness, I was terrified. I was a student at a college where being gay could get you kicked out. I had no idea how to reconcile my sexuality and gender identity with the things I was being taught in my classes and church. All I really…
Read MoreHow Can Our Churches be Safe Havens for Transgender People?
Image via Mary Button’s Stations of the Cross—outdated terminology reflects a banner from a 1998 vigil for Rita Hester, a transgender woman murdered in Allston, MA. The outpouring of grief and anger over Hester’s death inspired the founding of the International Transgender Day of Rememberance. “I stood in a crowd with you last night as we cried…
Read MoreChristian Compassion For Chelsea Manning & The Iraqi People: A Trans Veteran’s Perspective
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger…
Read MoreOn Chelsea Manning’s Coming Out: A Christian Response
On August 22, Private First Class Manning, the U.S. soldier sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on charges of leaking classified government documents, came out publicaly as a transgender woman. Rev. Allyson Robinson, former executive director of OutServe-SLDN, offers her thoughts below on Chelsea’s announcement. What is your reaction to Chelsea Manning’s coming out as a transgender…
Read MoreWhat Transgender People Teach Us About God, And Our Humanity
“Ultimately, the transgender question is about more than just sex. It’s about what it means to be human.” – Russell D. Moore, On Faith, Aug. 15 There are certainly more egregious quotes from Moore’s recent essay, but to focus on them would miss the larger point—that there is no “transgender question.” The question is about how people…
Read MoreComing Out Of The Wilderness & Into The City
Rev. David Weekley saw himself as a pastor tending to his flock until he came out as one of the first openly transgender ministers serving in the United Methodist Church. At the age of 58, his life moved in an unexpected direction, away from the institutional church and toward working with the transgender community. Becky Garrison…
Read MoreIntegrity Announces Executive Director: Vivian Taylor
Integrity USA is pleased to announce its new Executive Director, Sarah Vivian Gathright Taylor. Taylor will be the first openly transgender woman to lead a major mainline protestant denominational organization in the US. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to serve both Integrity USA and the wider Church. Working together in the love of Jesus…
Read MoreIntroducing A Baptist Resource On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
There are many reasons I remain Baptist, despite having to always explain myself to those who fail to see the fit between my identifications as a queer person and a Baptist minister. “Well, I’m probably not the kind of Baptist you imagine,” I say. Then I get to explain to folks the kind of Baptist…
Read MoreMore Light Presbyterians Announces Alex McNeill As New Executive Director
More Light Presbyterians (MLP) today announced the appointment of Alex McNeill as their new executive director. McNeill is an openly transgender man and a nationally known educator and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Christians. As executive director, McNeill will help MLP chart a new strategic direction to help empower individuals to…
Read MoreDevotion Through Dysphoria
Back in the middle school years, I used to worry that I didn’t look or act like everyone else. I spent a ton of time in front of the mirror trying to learn to change my face with makeup, and even though my personality didn’t suit it, I spent lots of my parent’s money on…
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