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Title: Methodists to rule on status of transgender pastor
Post by: Butterfly on September 16, 2007, 05:09:43 AM
Post by: Butterfly on September 16, 2007, 05:09:43 AM
Methodists to rule on status of transgender pastor
The San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/16/MNCDS2C5F.DTL&feed=rss.news)
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".
The San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/16/MNCDS2C5F.DTL&feed=rss.news)
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".