Methodists to rule on status of transgender pastor

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Methodists to rule on status of transgender pastor

The San Francisco Chronicle
By Stephanie Simon
09/16/2007

"Surgery and testosterone had transformed Ann into the Rev. Drew Phoenix - still as liberal and laid-back as always, but now legally male. Most people in the small congregation accepted their pastor's transition; they even threw him a re-naming party, complete with birthday cake".