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A Christmas commercial for a Scandinavian electronics company peeks in on the holiday gathering of a family which includes a transgender teen. While other family members share Christmas treats and go about enjoying their Christmas gifts, a male-to-female teen sits uncomfortably off to the side.
Many Episcopal churches across the country held services yesterday in honor of transgender people who were killed as a result of their gender identity. By
The Bishops of the Diocese of Virginia have released a statement setting out eight principles that will guide the diocese and the congregations, camps, schools, and programs within it as they minister to transgender persons.
In this letter, Andrew Amanda Leigh-Bullard asks the church to follow through, in meaningful and concrete ways. on its promises of inclusion
TLC TV began airing an 11 part reality series featuring transgender teen Jazz Jennings and her family this past July, The series is titled I Am Jazz. The series has caught the attention of One Million Moms who have begun a two pronged attack on the program in an attempt to get it off the air.
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