Pastor offers support, sanctuary to area's transgender community

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Article published February 08, 2010
Pastor offers support, sanctuary to area's transgender community

By CLAUDIA BOYD-BARRETT
BLADE STAFF WRITER

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100208/NEWS16/2080320

Some secrets are so big, there is no safe place to tell them.

The Rev. Cheri Holdridge is hoping to change that by turning her Village Church in Toledo into a safe place.

On Feb. 28, the church and two Ohio organizations will host the first meeting of a Transgender Support Group. They want to provide members of the city's little-known transgender community with a space where they can talk and be understood.