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Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge re: Trans in the Church

Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 2:21pm

The Dean of St. John's College, Cambridge is the Reverend Duncan Dormor. He has published a new paper, Transgenderism and the Christian Church in the book The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons

His paper is discussed by Madeleine Davies at the Church Times.

While a “growing number of Liberal Protestant denominations” are changing their policies, the advocacy of transgender groups and the reassessment of medical evidence may also produce a shift in conservative circles.

--Rev'd Dormor

The Dean concludes that

Over the past 20 years, there has been a very significant increase in the number of liberal and mainstream Protestant denominations which welcome transsexual and transgender Christians as congregational members and affirm their ministry as leaders and teachers.

But...

There is always an important but...

Confusion and Conclusions in Jackson Heights

Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 12/05/2015 - 2:36pm

Transgender activists marched Tuesday to protest the savage beating of Kathy Sal in Jackson Heights last Sunday and the actions of the police and media since that took place.

NYPD identified the victim as a man in their report, even though they were aware that she was known by a female first name. Television station WCBS deadnamed the victim (deadname: verb transitive, "identify a transgender person by their former name instead of their perferred name"). The Daily News and Newsday both misgendered the victim.

Daily News headline: EXCLUSIVE: Crossdressing Queens man brutally attacked, suspect repeatedly smashed his head into a curb

Newsday headline: NYPD: Cross-dressing man attacked in Jackson Heights, Queens

Open Ubik ∞ Stardate:120515

Submitted by hecate on Sat, 12/05/2015 - 5:24am

i am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together

This site is currently what the true-life time-traveler James Cole would call "mentally divergent." One hundred percent rabbit hole. As a result, sometimes I'm here; sometimes I'm not. Bouncing in and out of the place like a pinball. And no idea who is the wizard with the fingers upon the flippers.

Sorry about the down time today folks--UPDATED

Submitted by JtC on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 4:28pm

I paid the hosting fees today and for security reasons had our site upgraded to a dedicated IP address and the new address had to make it's way through DNS before it resolved correctly. I had no idea we would be down during this change as I wasn't told about it in advance, so I wasn't able to warn everyone about it. I'm just glad it's resolved and we're back to normal.

Outside Society

Submitted by Robyn on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 2:34pm

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As we approach a time of year which is holy for most religious for one reason or another, the Pew Research Center has taken a look at where transgender people stand in relation to them.

As we can see from Pew's handy-dandy summary image, the Episcopal church, United Church of Christ, Unitarian Universalist Church and Reform Judaism have all issued specific edicts saying that transgender people should be included in the life of the church and that they can be ordained as ministers.

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