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This review is from: Transgendering Faith: Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality (Paperback)
I responded to a request for submissions and as a result am included within this text (pp. 62-64, "The Phoenix Will Fly"). My personal identity is that of an FTM (female to male transsexual).
As an FTM, I've felt excluded from many organized religions on the basis of my gender identity. Many religions fail to understand just what identifying as transgendered or transsexual is and how importaint a sense of spirituality can be to individuals who identify as such. That is why I submitted a short commentary on my own personal inner struggle in chosing not to subvert one aspect of my identity for another (spirtuality/transsexualism). I recognized other contributors from names I've encountered during my undergraduate studies on legal battles and social struggles for civil rights of gender variant individuals. Their stories were ones I could identify with or empathize with as a fellow transsexual, spiritual being, and on a human level. I felt this book's strength rests in those personal accounts. I also felt the suggestions for various sermons and ceremonies inclusive of gender variant people ranged from empowering (ex. "Blessing A New Name" and "Ceremony For Family Acceptance and Reconciliation" pp. 139-143) to a tad cheesy (for lack of a better word). Regardless of my personal feelings, spirituality for people in the Trans Community is importaint though sources regarding this topic are few and far between. "Transgendering Faith" breaks ground by opening discourses about gender variance within religious practices. It also gives readers a glimpse into the discrimination and innate need for community and spirituality gender variant people have.
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Religion & Trans folks, yes they can get along.,
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This review is from: Transgendering Faith: Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality (Paperback)
This books talks about what it means to be transgender and religious. In it, a number of trans people tell their personal stories and their experiences with religion. The last section contains prayers, scripture reading, and hymns for and about trans stuff, including rites for name changes and transitions that could be used in church services. As a trans man of faith, I could relate to the stories & loved the prayers that pertained to me.
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AN ADMIRABLE ATTEMPT, A DISAPPOINTING RESULT,
By Blackthorn Krause "Blackthorn" (CA., US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Transgendering Faith: Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality (Paperback)
This book might serve an individual who's making this journey. On the other hand, it did not suffice when I used it in a graduate seminar on LGBT spirituality. It mostly has the flavor of 'Jesus loves me and I'm trans,'which I find less than satisfying or sufficient.
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