Transgender Faith Leaders Help Create Welcoming Communities

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Transgender Faith Leaders Help Create Welcoming Communities
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 1:23pm by Miriam Lazewatsky, Faith and Campaigns Fellow at GLAAD

http://www.glaad.org/blog/transgender-faith-leaders-help-create-welcoming-communities

This week is Transgender Awareness Week and to mark the occasion, GLAAD's Religion, Faith, and Values Program wants to highlight the achievements of a few trans faith leaders who have helped make their traditions more open and welcoming spaces for all people.

Rev. Cameron Partridge serves as counselor to Episcopal/Anglican students at Harvard Divinity School, where he studied for his Masters in Divinity and Doctorate in Theology. Rev. Partridge now lectures at Harvard on both liturgical topics and those relating to gender and sexuality and has led congregations at Boston University and Christ Church in Cambridge, Mass. Partridge, who transitioned over ten years ago, is married and has a young son. When his son is older, Partridge wants to tell him about his experience and transition and hopes it will help him grow up respecting others for who they are.