In the Trenches with the HRC, Working for Transgender Inclusion

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In the Trenches with the HRC, Working for Transgender Inclusion
Post by Rev. Erin K. Swenson
20 August, 2010


http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/3180/in_the_trenches_with_the_hrc,_working_for_transgender_inclusion/


Becky Garrison wrote in her otherwise fine piece, "Beyond Adam and Eve: Christians Reach Out to the Transgender Community," that "the Human Rights Campaign does not view transgendered issues to be a part of their action campaign for lesbian and gay rights."

As a transgender woman working in the trenches for transgender people since 1994, and as a pastor with the Presbyterian Church USA, I would like to offer a correction to Garrison's misleading statement about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). I am a member of HRC's Religion Council, a much sought after transgender trainer and a writer for their outstanding curriculum, Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities. I know quite a bit about the real commitment HRC has to trans issues and am eager to invite readers of Religion Dispatches to join HRC in its robust advocacy for justice on behalf of transgender persons.