Tag Archives: Transgender

Transgender Remembrance Comes Early

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

The annual deep mourning that is Transgender Day of Remembrance is still a month away on November 20. Each year we mourn those who have been killed and wish that there were a year when there would be no names … Continue reading →

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Oath of Enlistment

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

(This is how I have always heard these solemn words and I am stunned by the rash desire to limit them expressed hastily today by the President. The text of the oath concludes this post) They, being who they are, … Continue reading →

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Prayers for a young transgender person

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

A friend asked me to write these prayers — for an elementary school aged kid coming out as transgender, for that person’s parents and for the church. For a young transgender person Thank you, O God, for knowing who I … Continue reading →

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First Responder

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

Yesterday … was the first time I heard the trans person in the gym, gorgeous baritone. I was naked in the shower and my first response was, “that’s cool!” and my second response was “O my God, that was my … Continue reading →

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Prayers for Transgender Awareness Week

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

1) God, my life is tossed like a storm and this frail fishing boat, my body, does not steer by the compass in my brain. It seems you are asleep and do not care whether I drown under waves of … Continue reading →

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A Toilet Prayer

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

Background for those who reading who do not live in the United States… There has been a bill passed in North Carolina and in seven other states bills are pending which will restrict public restroom usage. These bills are aimed … Continue reading →

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Transgender words for familiar hymns

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

Transgender Week of Awareness begins today. In anticipation of this week I have thought with so much sadness remembering those who have lost their lives because of their gender expression. However what keeps coming to me are these new words … Continue reading →

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