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TransEpiscopal Hopes For General Convention
By Vicki Gray "If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die?” William Shakespeare,“The Merchant of Venice” For the first time, transgender Episcopalians will have a visible, vocal presence at the Church's General Convention. Eight members of TransEpiscopal, a nationwide organization of transgender Episcopalians, will attend the General Convention in Anaheim July 8-17. We will be working with Integrity at its booth; speaking the afternoon of Friday, July 10 at the "Speaker's Corner;" supporting four transgender-related resolutions; and generally getting to know delegates and others in attendance. We hope to see many of you there. WHO WE ARE We are a group of transgender Episcopalians and our significant others, families, friends and allies dedicated to enriching our spiritual lives and to making the Episcopal Church a welcoming and empowering place that all of us truly can call our spiritual home. We represent the often forgotten “T” in the LGBT – that broad spectrum of gender variance which cross-cuts sexual orientation and includes tomboys, crossdressers, transsexuals and those called to live their lives androgynously. We are not, by reason of being transgendered, sick, sinful . . . or dangerous. We are, however, very much endangered and are killed – one a month – by those who hate.We are, many of us, accomplished in a variety of fields – physicians, politicians, professors, poets and priests. We are active in our church as vestry members, musicians, convention delegates, deacons, priests and faithful parishioners in countless pews. Above all, we are all God’s children, made in the image of our Creator, imbued with the Holy Spirit, breathed into every human, and seeking to walk in the footsteps of our brother Jesus. Nothing can separate us from the love of God! See the Full TransEpiscopal at General Convention as well as Keeping the "T" in "LGBT". TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT TransEpsicopal @ http://blog.transepiscopal.com/ |
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Left: The Rev. Cameron Partridge, a leader of
TransEpiscopal, presiding at Baptism.