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Transformative Inclusion, 2017 and 2019

Published on June 18, 2021July 11, 2021 by Mx Chris Paige1 Comment

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLGS) at Pacific School of Religion has been working on transgender concerns since the early Transgender Religious Leaders Summits (circa 2006). The Latinx Roundtable, Jewish Roundtable, African-American Roundtable, Asian and Pacific Islander Roundtable, and Transgender Roundtable have provided leadership for a variety of events and resources. Justin Tanis and Jakob Hero have provided some of the most prominent transgender leadership, including around these resources.

They have produced two booklets titled Transformative Inclusion—one with Christian perspectives (2017) and one with Jewish perspectives (2019). Each guide is 24 pages long, uses mostly the same pictures, and follows the same outline. They each provide an accessible introduction to issues to be aware of in developing transgender inclusion at the congregational level, though I was surprised to see the word “transgenderism” used prominently.

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Still Fucking Here: A Resurrection Story

Published on April 12, 2020 by Mx Chris Paige6 Comments

Well, having dug out the final chapter of In Remembrance of Me, Bearing Witness to Transgender Tragedy: An OtherWise Reflection Guide already this morning, I guess it only makes sense that I am wandering over to the closing of OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation.

I’ve already excerpted this section to talk about Mother Major. However, it is the first Easter/Resurrection since I published, so it seems like the right time to share my testimony more broadly. This is the final section of the final chapter (chapter 25).

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OC2: Mx Mycroft Masada

Published on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 by Mx Chris Paige2 Comments

For me, being interfaith and intergender has always been intertwined. I am a child of an interfaith family who is an interfaith person in an interfaith marriage.
Mycroft Masada in
“In the Beginning”
OtherWise Christian 2: Stories of Resistance

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Christian Faith and Gender Identity: Introduction by Mx Chris Paige

Published on October 28, 2019October 31, 2019 by Mx Chris Paige3 Comments

Christian Faith and Gender Identity: An OtherWise Reflection Guide by Mx Chris Paige is ready to launch! Amazon and Audible versions should go live this weekend. The audiobook and ebook versions are available now direct from the publisher. Here is the introduction to give you a taste!

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Christian Faith and Gender Identity

Published on October 9, 2019October 18, 2019 by Mx Chris Paige4 Comments

Christian Faith and Gender Identity… There’s an app for that!

In other words, my seven-day devotional, titled, “Christian Faith and Gender Identity”… just launched on Our Bible App!

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OtherWise Christian on the Bible Bash!

Published on September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 by Mx Chris PaigeLeave a comment

Well, this was a heck of lot of fun!

Literally, while I was marching at the National Trans Visibility March yesterday, my episode with Liam and Peterson on the Bible Bash podcast was released. We talked about Jesus and the eunuchs and Matthew 19:12 in particular, including three excerpts from OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation. Peterson did a pretty great edit to get all my talking to fit into the 30 minute time slot!

They always include a reading from an additional text on the Bible Bash, but they let me pick that selection this time. So I read a word from Dr Audre Lorde, which was a great honor at several levels.

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Trans-Gendered: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith, 2003 and 2018

Published on August 14, 2019September 9, 2019 by Mx Chris Paige5 Comments

Trans-Gendered: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith by Justin Tanis is one of the two most influential books in transgender theology (the other being Omnigender). First published by Pilgrim Press in 2003, this book was originally Tanis’s D.Min dissertation. It was out of print for a time and was republished as Trans-Gender: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith in 2018, now by Justin Sabia-Tanis under the umbrella of Wipf and Stock. Continue reading “Trans-Gendered: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith, 2003 and 2018” →

Transgender and the (Christian) Bible

Published on August 13, 2019July 8, 2021 by Mx Chris Paige16 Comments

There was a post in a group recently from someone who had “heard about” the Ethiopian eunuch and transgender people. While I’ve been highlighting books, I didn’t (yet) have a “list,” so here’s mine (for a more comprehensive list of related resources, see the bibliography of OtherWise Christian)!

Click through on the links for what I’ve written about each one.

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Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible (DVD), 2007, 2017 (CORRECTED)

Published on July 8, 2019August 31, 2019 by Mx Chris Paige7 Comments

Peterson Toscano’s one-man theatrical production has been extremely impactful in terms of raising awareness of gender variant characters in the Christian Bible. Peterson performed Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible for live audiences beginning in 2007. He retired the production in 2016 and then released a DVD version in 2017–which I highly recommend as a study resource, both for individuals and for groups. The movie can be streamed on Amazon and there is also a study guide.

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