{"id":33265,"date":"2012-06-27T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T01:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/elizabeth_drescher-the_truth_in_transgender_will_the_episcopal_church_amen\/"},"modified":"2012-06-27T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T01:29:07","slug":"elizabeth_drescher-the_truth_in_transgender_will_the_episcopal_church_amen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=33265","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Drescher–The Truth in Transgender: Will the Episcopal Church Amend Its Rules?"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Please note that we posted on the video mentioned in this article on the blog earlier which you may find there<\/a>–KSH)<\/i>.<\/p>\n

As the Episcopal Church prepares for its 77th triennial General Convention in Indianapolis next month, transgender Episcopalians and their allies are preparing to challenge the denomination\u2019s commitment to the full inclusion of all God\u2019s people\u201d\u201dwithout consideration of \u201crace, color, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disabilities or age\u201d\u009d\u201d\u201din discernment for lay or ordained ministry in the Church. The italicized language is a proposed addition to the current canons of the Episcopal Church, which were previously amended to include sexual orientation as a characteristic that could not be considered as an impediment to ministry. The new language was proposed at the 2009 General Convention, but failed to garner the support of the Legislative Committee charged with recommending resolutions to the full voting body of bishops, clergy, and lay delegates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there was a tremendous amount of confusion the first time around,\u201d\u009d says Louise Emerson Brooks, a media consultant and communications director for the Episcopal LGBT advocacy group, Integrity USA, of the failure of the 2009 resolution. \u201cThere was a clear need for education among the bishops and the delegates in general on what it means to be transgender and why it matters that they are not prevented from serving the church in any ministry, lay or ordained.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to confess,\u201d\u009d continues Brooks,<\/p>\n

\u201cthat I was one of those people who used to say, \u201d\u02dcWhy do we have to put the T with the LGB?\u2019 I thought it was a different issue. I thought it was confusing. I thought it was polarizing. I thought we should just separate the issues, take on one battle at a time.\u201d\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A seminar by the advocacy group Trans Episcopal changed Brooks\u2019 understanding of the issues, and Brooks channeled her own learning experience into Voices of Witness: Out of the Box, a documentary that tells the story of trans women and men now serving in ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Please note that we posted on the video mentioned in this article on the blog earlier which you may find there–KSH). As the Episcopal Church prepares for its 77th triennial General Convention in Indianapolis next month, transgender Episcopalians and their…<\/span><\/p>\n

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