Hi,
I'm writing in, my name is Al and I'm FTM.
I'm religious, Christian of some nature.. and I'm moving to an apartment that is owed by a church goer of the church I attend (and have attended for my entire life). It gets me off the streets with an affordable rent and a place to just.. live, but I'm not so sure the good outweighs the bad anymore?
This person is older, has some really incredibly off perspectives of what could be considered the accepted social norm of current society I suppose. I'm moving there because I had assumed I would be able to live there without any issues, landlords aren't meant to discriminate... And then the inexplicable opinions of what the Bible says and what Obama is trying to do with marshal law, and then how the news doesn't give the whole story so you have to watch it all on every station, this and that. Gays being sinners. ETC.
I've not told her I'm transgender, I don't want to. But it's really crushing me, I'm discovering, because everyone in my family and at work.. they've all been so accepting and incredibly spot on with using correct pronouns and name. I'm getting back to that stage of anxiety where I fear I might cause myself some sort of harm (physically or socially, or both), because of statements such as.. 'I won't call you Al because thats a man's name', or 'you look too pretty for a name like that'.
I look physically male, I do. I pass at work, I use the men's bathroom when I don't go to the family bathroom in the back..
How do you use the Bible to fight back when they're going to convict you with the Bible? My religion is important to me, my Pastor is a loving person and is unconcerned with things such as this. As he doesn't condone judging on any level, and he believes it could turn a critical eye to others for their opinions and practices. Which is not what he wants. In my church we're taught to love everyone and not judge, but I guess this person doesn't pull that from our Pastor..
Any advice?
