Do you have to be gay to be transgender
What Does the Bible Say About Transgender People?
Introduction
For several decades, political and theological debates related to Queer issues have centered around same-sex relationships for lesbian, queer and bisexual people. While an exploration of that topic is important, the volume of faith resources dedicated to it have often excluded reflection on the unique considerations related to gender identity. Mistakenly, some Christians have suggested that taking the Bible seriously requires people of faith to stand in opposition to the existence, health and humanity of trans person people. Consequently, gender-expansive people of all demographics and Christian traditions have been made to notice that they must choose between their faith and living a whole, strong and authentic animation. Whether you are a ministry chief, the family member of a gender non-conforming person or a trans person of faith yourself, this page seeks to serve as a brief overview of the Bible’s precedent for affirming the full inclusion of transgender, non-binary and other gender-expansive people in the entire life of Christian community.
The language we use
Sometimes it can feel overwhelming to learn new terms
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It’s easy to get this confused, particularly because T is included in the LGBTQ+ acronym (T standing for “Transgender”). The key is to remember that transgender is referring to someone’s gender identity and not their sexuality orientation. Transgender people can be gay, straight, pansexual, gender non-conforming, asexual, or any other sexual orientation (just love cisgender people!).
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Overview
Around the world, people are under attack for who they are.
Living as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or intersex (LGBTI) person can be life-threatening in a number of countries across the globe. For those who do not live with a daily immediate risk to their life, discrimination on the basis of one’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression and sex characteristics, can have a devastating effect on physical, mental and emotional well-being for those forced to endure it.
Discrimination and violence against LGBTI people can appear in many forms, from name-calling, bullying, harassment, and gender-based violence, to creature denied a job or appropriate healthcare. Protests to uphold the rights of LGBTI people also deal with suppression across the globe.
The range of unequal treatment faced is extensive and damaging and could be based on:
- your sexual orientation (who you’re attracted to)
- gender identity (how you self-identify, irrespective of the sex assigned at birth)
- gender expression (how you express your gender, for example through your clothing, hair or mannerisms),
- sex characteristics (for example, your genitals, chromosomes, reproductive
Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People
Transgender people come from every region of the United States and around the planet, from every racial and ethnic background, and from every faith community. Trans people are your classmates, your coworkers, your neighbors, and your friends. With approximately 1.4 million gender nonconforming adults in the Merged States—and millions more around the world—chances are that you've met a trans person, even if you don't know it.
What does it mean to be transgender?
Transgender people are people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were thought to be at birth. “Trans” is often used as shorthand for transgender.
When we're born, a doctor usually says that we're male or female based on what our bodies stare like. Most people who were labeled male at birth turn out to actually identify as men, and most people who were labeled female at birth grow up to be women. But some people's gender identity – their innate knowledge of who they are – is different from what was initially expected when they were born. Most of these people outline themselves as transgender.
A transgender woman lives as a woman today, bu
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions
Sexual orientation
An innate or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. Note: an individual’s sexual orientation is independent of their gender identity.
Gender identity
One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they dial themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.
Gender expression
External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with entity either masculine or feminine.
Transgender
An umbrella phrase for people whose gender identity and/or expression is diverse from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, womxn loving womxn, bisexual, etc.
Gender transition
The process by which some people struggle to more closely align their intern