How is it that “transgender” has so suddenly become a household word all over the world? Mary Rice Hasson says it was an utterly predictable next step following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States Supreme Court’s Obergefell … Continue reading
Before 2015 little was known about transgender issues. Within a year transgender issues were on the front pages of newspapers every day, at least in the western world, and schools everywhere were scrambling to put into place policies for bathroom … Continue reading
“My friend Steve Garber told me three years ago,” writes Mueller, “that the transgender issue is ‘the most complex, tender, and difficult issue we face in the church right now.’” In figuring things out, Mueller is committed to following the … Continue reading
When your child or your student or a member of your youth group asks, “What about transgender?” what are you going to say? Walt Mueller, President of the Center for Parent Youth Understanding, is right: this is a “complex, difficult, … Continue reading
Can someone really be trans-gender? Can a child born male really be female? Can one’s “gender identity” (one’s innermost concept of self) be the opposite of one’s “natal” (biological) sex? Let’s leave aside that question for the moment and listen … Continue reading
I once saw a delightful poster in Japan — a sketch of two toddlers standing side by side. One is staring into his diaper, the other (with ribbons in her hair) is half looking into her own diaper and half … Continue reading
