Article: A Sympathetic Christian View of Transsexuality

[Carolyn Marie]

I've put this link here rather than the General Forum, as it really speaks to the Christian community and how transfolk can fit within it. The article is very well done and sympathetic, and the comments, several from Christian transfolk, are really thoughtful and enlightened.

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2011/09/chaz_bono_brings_transgender_i.html

Carolyn Marie

[Guest John Chiv]

Carolyn,

Thank you for posting this article.

John

[Guest chngnwnd]

Yes - thank you Carolyn.

Bobbi

[Guest Svenna]

Lovely stuff!

I couldn't stop reading until I reached the end.

Public interactions like this give me reason to be optimistic.

Thanks for posting the link!

Love, Svenna

[Guest heatherf]

Thanks for the article. What does it mean for a transgender to repent?

[Guest Kelly-087]

That's the most I can ever expect someone who hasn't suffered dysphoria to ever understand.

Glad that some can look past the bigotry. I hope my father can see it like that when I come out.

[Sally]

The only part that is troublesome to me is the referring to loving the sinner - I do not think that God made a mistake or that doing something to correct it is a sin - I do not feel a need to repent.

I believe that the writer tried very hard to empathize with us and did a pretty good job but left just a few uncomfortable passages for me.

Love ya,

Sally