Trans-mockery in the House of God? Get educated…

[Shana A]

Trans-mockery in the House of God? Get educated...
By Kathy Baldock • Sunday, August 7, 2011

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/trans-mockery-in-the-house-of-god-get-educated/

Mockery should never come from the House of God. Never.

As the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities find more acceptance in churches and in society, still left in the shadows and in the back corners hidden from our kind considerations are the transgender people. I am witnessing them become the next target of religious leaders.

It can be no surprise to those who read my blog or hear me speak that I have an unusual burden for the transgender community. I admit, that just five years ago, I could not have verbalized an intelligent definition of the word "transgender."

Now, I weep over the abuse and ignorance towards them.

[Shana A]

Aug 2011 08
Kat Teter, GLAAD's Religion, Faith & Values Media Intern

Kathy Baldock: Straight Evangelical Christian Ally Speaking Out in Support of the Transgender Community

http://glaadblog.org/2011/08/08/kathy-baldock-straight-evangelical-christian-ally-speaking-out-in-support-of-the-transgender-community/

"Today I am speaking up for the many transgender people I love," Kathy Baldock, a straight Evangelical Christian ally, wrote yesterday. "I admit, that just five years ago, I could not have verbalized an intelligent definition of the word 'transgender,'" noted Ms. Baldock in her blog post for LGBTQ Nation. "I understand," she continued, "that most of us know very little or nothing of the [transgender] community. But mockery and ignorance is not the way to deal with it."

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In light of recent media portrayal of opponents of marriage equality and equal protections for LGBT people as predominantly religious, GLAAD is pleased to see more and more LGBT affirming people of faith speaking out. Ms. Baldock explains that while LGB people are receiving more and more recognition and affirmation from faith communities and religious leaders, transgender people are being left behind: