In this blog I argue that Christians should respond to transgender and intersex people with the compassion, mercy and unconditional welcome modelled by Jesus. Drawing on historical examples of gender diversity and a detailed examination of Scripture, I contend that the Bible does not directly address modern transgender identity and that passages sometimes used to condemn it are being taken out of their cultural and theological context. The blog challenges churches that prioritise rules, condemnation or exclusion, highlighting the emotional and spiritual harm this can cause. Above all, it calls Christians to look beyond outward appearance, recognise God’s concern for the human heart, and offer transgender and intersex people genuine welcome, dignity and grace.
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Being Trans in a post UK Supreme Court World
I had been puzzling over what to write about this month when we had that now-infamous ruling from the UK Supreme Court, just before Easter, adjudicating that a person’s sex is determined as that assigned at birth, rather than the one the individual identifies with. I then went through the stages of thinking, well that’sContinue reading “Being Trans in a post UK Supreme Court World”
Being LGBTQ+ in a Trumpian world
I have avoided directly addressing Donald Trump’s return to the White House in previous blogs. though I have referred to it as we have discussed other issues. It is difficult to have any conversation these days that doesn’t at some point touch on the latest edicts coming from the POTUS. A couple of days agoContinue reading “Being LGBTQ+ in a Trumpian world”
