Undoubtedly all of us can learn something from Jesus’ orientation toward suffering and the meaning of his ultimate sacrifice. But I also think that the bigger reason Jesus allowed himself to be brutally abused and killed was because he knew it was the only way he could really reach the people who were so determined to destroy him and everything he represented. He knew that if he allowed this to happen and then rose from the dead, the people in power would be forever shaken and their belief in their own “power” would never be the same again.

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Much has been written about the supposed “confusion” of trans and gender non-conforming people. But who’s actually pretending?

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I have not lost my sense of wonder for the beauty in this world: the way light plays with water or dances through trees. The joy of children. The sense of calm that comes from being with animals. I have lost my interest in the modern cult of productivity that aims to turn people into the automations of business

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The day I got my legal name change!

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For all of these reasons, I am less interested in what humans, even church hierarchy, say and more interested in what God says, and what God has spoken to me in the quiet of my own heart and mind (in the privacy of my own conscience).

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This is the best “primer” I have found for someone who doesn’t know anything about being transgender! Excellent, well-researched video explaining terms, identities, going into issues related to transgender kids, etc! Really fantastic.

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Too often, Christians do not start with, or act out of, love. I can already hear the replies to even just this statement: but what about church teaching? Here’s the thing: a person’s relationship with God is between God and that person, and that includes whatever way church teaching affects them. It’s not anyone else’s business, and it’s not for anyone else to have any opinion about.

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Wanted to share with you a great resource, this is a podcast episode with a transgender author who writes about his christian faith and theology.

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Today I discovered a tweet by an Indian jewelry company that created a commercial telling a trans story with the main character played by a trans woman (already they get points for doing that!).

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The feminine genius is, of course, the foil to the masculine genius, which is all about strength, protection, and leadership. There is an assumed connection between someone’s physical body and their personality traits that we know is just not the case. “Strength” does not belong exclusively to male physical achievement anymore than “tenderness” belongs exclusively to female emotional expression.

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Many times in my life I have experienced a feeling of looking in from the outside. I felt it when I was a child watching little girls play with dolls or talk about boys and having no interest in those things. I felt it as an adult at the weddings of Catholic friends, knowing my queer identity would prevent me from ever standing on that same altar. And I felt it when Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and President Biden was sworn in on January 2oth and I watched many of my liberal and queer friends rejoice--I wasn’t ready to let my guard down.

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Prior to my own self-acceptance and social + physical transition to male, I tried to square my own gender dysphoria and religious faith by choosing to make up my own definition of woman.

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My gender is valid even when no one sees it. It’s valid even when I have to correct someone.

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In this year of hormone therapy my voice has gotten deeper, my body has gotten hairier, and I have started to feel so normal that for the first time I wondered, “is this how everyone else feels?” My girlfriend told me that I no longer stay quiet around new people or try to make myself invisible in social settings. I speak up more now, and I don’t hunch my shoulders as much.

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Is it really possible for LGBQ+ people to truly be and call themselves catholic? Check out this article on medium:

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My mom preferred to listen to those who believed that transgender people don’t know what they’re talking about instead of listening to me, the transgender person in front of her.

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The broader catholic community does not present itself as a non-judgmental, safe place for people to worship God--in fact it seems more like a lion’s den, prowling with those who wish to paint queer people as the worst kind of sinful deviants. The main point I hope to make with this blog is for you to acknowledge that the way the catholic community currently treats LGBTQ+ people is wrong. 

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If therapists, doctors, and giant corporations were more accepting of trans people, it would be a totally different experience to be trans. It’s very difficult to get trans affirming surgeries and healthcare. It’s very expensive and often extremely inaccessible for disabled trans folks. Many trans people talk about being turned away from medical care because hospitals just don’t want to deal with someone who doesn’t fit their binary. The social structure of society and the way in which we view, enforce, and police gender identities harms everyone (even cis-gendered people with non-stereotypical traits). 

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My main purpose in writing this is educational, even though there’s already lots of people talking about this topic online. It’s pretty easy to find out what terms you should use (and NOT use) regarding the trans experience from a google search (here, I’ll even google it for you... this is a really good site), but I want to unpack my thoughts on some of these terms now. 

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