Continue reading “OC2: Rev Louis Mitchell”
I claim this Holy Hybrid space, in the creases and folds between, as holy space… To be a Holy Hybrid is to claim my own both/and without shame or reservation.The Rev. Louis Mitchell in
“Holy Hybrids”
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Continue reading “OC2: Rev Dr Cameron Partridge”
I had begun to feel that, whatever process of stretching toward God may have been afoot in my life, it was entangled with my gender and how I embodied it.The Rev Dr Cameron Partridge in
“Holy Week”
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Continue reading “OC2: Ms Dee Dee Watters”
I used to seek affirmation from human eyes. … Now, I have a clear understanding that God affirmed me from day one. Before I was even developed in the womb, God set me apart for a purpose!Dee Dee Watters in
“Affirmation”
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Continue reading “OC2: Rev Erin Swenson”Many times, I felt like I had to defend myself from the existential rage of my accusers, more than from any real theological argument.
The Rev Erin Swenson
“Body and Soul United”
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Continue reading “OC2: Mx delfin bautista”God’s revelation is bigger than the neat little box we try to put it into; it is not limited to one person or a select few.
delfin bautista in
“An Encounter at Guadalupe”
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Thank God that someone also came to ask me, “Do you want to be healed?”
Like the man in the story, I said, “Yes! But I have no one!”
Continue reading “OC2: Minister Yadi Martinez”Yadi Martinez-Reyna in
“Courage to Heal”
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I began formally using the term “OtherWise-gendered” in OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation (now available in hard cover!). However, framing an anthology around the term “OtherWise” is a different play. Rather than take up space up front unpacking the term, I created an Appendix that talked about it. It is excerpted here:
By Mx Chris Paige
Excerpt from OtherWise Christian 2: Stories of Resistance, edited by Mx Chris Paige
Continue reading “OC2: What is “OtherWise-gendered”?”
Continue reading “OC2: Dr Virginia Mollenkott”I believe the time has come for Christians to widen their welcome to include the full range of human diversity, including gender diversity.
Dr Virginia Mollenkott
“Gender Diversity and Christian Community”
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Continue reading “OC2: Mx Mycroft Masada”
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”
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Continue reading “OC2: Rev Debra Hopkins”My story is only one among many told by brave and courageous individuals who have made a commitment to fighting against injustice.
Debra Hopkins in
“Songs of Struggle, Songs of Resilience”
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