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Christian baker appeals ruling on gender transition cake
By Associated Press — August 4, 2021
DENVER (AP) — A Christian baker who violated Colorado's anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a birthday cake for a transgender woman has filed an appeal.
Paganism, gods and goddesses aside, is the most LGBTQ-affirming faith in the US
By Heather Greene — July 12, 2021
(RNS) — But some pagans say more visibility for trans and gay members of a largely white, mostly heterosexual community is needed.
Baker fined for refusing to make transgender transition cake
By Colleen Slevin — June 17, 2021
DENVER (AP) — While Jack Phillips said he could not make the cake because of its message, the judge said the case was about a refusal to sell a product, not compelled speech.
First ELCA transgender bishop, Megan Rohrer, hopes to ‘translate good news’ for the curious
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 11, 2021
(RNS) — That’s been the focus of Rohrer’s ministry, first as the executive director of a nonprofit serving the homeless and hungry in San Francisco and now as bishop-elect of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA.
Catholic leaders join LGBTQ group to condemn discrimination against transgender people
By Jack Jenkins — March 31, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘It is our Catholic duty to affirm the dignity of transgender people and to defend them from harm,’ the statement reads.
In ‘Can Robots Be Jewish?’ rabbis weigh in on a Jewish pastime: disagreement
By Yonat Shimron — December 16, 2020
(RNS) — The questions in this collection, part of Moment Magazine’s long-running feature ‘Ask the Rabbis,’ offer a model for what is fundamental to Judaism.
Pope Francis encourages nun helping trans community in Argentina
By Claire Giangravé — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The home, called The Coast of Limay, has been described as the first permanent residence in the world dedicated to vulnerable transsexual people.
As seminaries welcome openly transgender students, church lags behind
By Kathryn Post — July 20, 2020
(RNS) — As mainline and non-denominational Christian seminaries are making strides toward becoming transgender-inclusive, transgender seminarians still encounter hurdles to ordination and finding a pulpit.
India’s pioneering transgender activist defends gains in pandemic
By Priyadarshini Sen — July 7, 2020
(RNS) — After helping win a landmark court case for India’s transgender people, Ranjita Sinha has mobilized to counter the community’s drastic loss of jobs and health care during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pope Francis helps a small trans community financially struggling due to the pandemic
By Claire Giangravé — April 30, 2020
(RNS) — Many of the transgender women are sex workers and have been left with no income to pay rent or bills since Italy enacted a national quarantine in early March.
Franklin Graham on his Central Park field hospital: ‘We don’t discriminate. Period.’
By Yonat Shimron — April 1, 2020
(RNS) — Some New Yorkers have questioned whether the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital would treat LGBTQ patients equally.
Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on after planned venues back out
By Yonat Shimron — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — The tour is scheduled for late May through early June and was to feature eight venues in eight cities across the U.K. Thousands signed petitions objecting to his visit.
She reclaimed her faith as a woman. Now she’s teaching others to reclaim theirs.
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2019
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — A harrowing journey toward gender transition led Yiscah Smith to find God's dwelling within. Now she teaches others to do the same.
Love your neighbor: Use their preferred pronoun
By Ericka Andersen — September 16, 2019
(RNS) — Rather than being annoyed that you need to remember a new set of pronouns, view it as a chance to love someone in a very specific way that will speak to their heart and nourish their longing to be seen.
Why Catholic bishops need a year of abstinence on preaching about sexuality
By John Gehring — June 25, 2019
(RNS) — The hubris displayed in making sexuality the lynchpin of Catholic identity when bishops have failed to convince their flock that they are prepared to police predators could be countered with some listening.
