Transgender Day of Remembrance: Embracing Our Whole Human Family

[Shana A]

Rev. G. Jude Geiger
Unitarian Universalist Minister

Transgender Day of Remembrance: Embracing Our Whole Human Family
Posted: 11/20/11 03:03 AM ET

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-g-jude-geiger/transgender-day-of-remembrance_b_1097622.html

It's heartbreaking to read the many reports of teens and young adults considering or committing suicide, or our young people bullied and victimized for being different. Many of these teens are struggling with sexuality and gender identity in a society that's not always accepting. With Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th, we remember all those lives who were brutalized or murdered for their difference. Since this is literally a life and death matter, as a religious people we ought to feel compelled to deepen our understanding of the causes of such pain.

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I believe that American culture has been trumping our religious values of compassion and love. Transgender identity scares us because it suggests that maybe we've got it all wrong. Maybe women are just as good as men. Maybe relationships are defined by the horizon of our love. Maybe people ought to have agency over their own bodies. Maybe the world isn't all that clear right from birth. Maybe the phrase "men and women" is still leaving someone out.

[Catherine Sarah]

Many thanks Zythyra

Transgender identity scares us because it suggests that maybe we've got it all wrong. Maybe women are just as good as men. Maybe relationships are defined by the horizon of our love. Maybe people ought to have agency over their own bodies. Maybe the world isn't all that clear right from birth. Maybe the phrase "men and women" is still leaving someone out.

And maybe these and other "maybe's" need to be taken to the international judiciaries and legislators to enforce laws that will prevent the needless

Heartbreak of teens and young adults considering or committing suicide, or our young people bullied and victimized for being different. Many of these teens are struggling with sexuality and gender identity in a society that's not always accepting. We remember all those lives who were brutalized or murdered for their difference. Since this is literally a life and death matter, as a religious people we ought to feel compelled to deepen our understanding of the causes of such pain.

Love.   Catherine.