An Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Francis: Allow Transgender Godparents

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An Open Letter to His Holiness Pope Francis: Allow Transgender Godparents

By Suzi Chase
9/29/15

https://www.susans.org/2015/09/29/open-letter-holiness-pope-francis-allow-transgender-godparents/

The conclusion that transgender people do not conform to your faith is not set in stone. The Bible and Gospels, for all their myriad nuances, do not mention transgender people at all, do not mention gender dysphoria, and take no stand on gender transition undertaken as an honest expression of identity. Any finding of incompatibility between transition and the Christian faith is a human interpretation of passages that only vaguely refer to these phenomena. In other words, whether or not to allow transgender people to be godparents is a decision you are making and not one mandated by scripture.

[Devlyn]

I'm transgender, I'm Catholic, and I'm a Godparent. What are they going to do, undo it? 

Hugs, Devlyn

[Serenation]

I was raised catholic, and was until recently catholic, I just can't cope with his sort of thing, so Just refer to myself as Christian now. My mum still goes to catholic church every week and I asked her advice and she just says, god made you and loves you it doesn't matter what the Vatican says.