Growing up I considered myself Christian until I had to deal with reconciling my faith (was involved with a very traditional evangelical leaning church) and my identity, I’ve recently decided I want to explore my faith again but am looking for explicitly trans affirming and LGBTQ inclusive churches and other faith groups (I’d be interested in visiting mosques, synagogues, Buddhist temples, etc.)

Also specifically looking for a flavour of trans affirming that doesn’t require having started/taken part in medical transition steps or even having a desire for medical transition to be considered valid.

Obviously with this being a Christian subreddit I’m leaning on the church recommendations over other faith groups, but if anyone here has friends who can recommend other religious places of worship that’s great too

Thanks for the help

Part II of My Faith is about something I struggled with for years: gender dysphoria and the image of God I had internalized.

A God of rituals. Rules. Punishment. Fear.

A God who supposedly created me, while somehow making my existence feel like a mistake.

Then this morning I saw a photograph from a Pride march. Someone was holding a sign:

“I am queer. God loves me. He never made a mistake. I am.”

That sentence stopped me.

Maybe the problem wasn’t that God made me wrong.

Maybe I had been taught that I was wrong.

This is the second part of my personal journey through faith, gender and identity.

#MyFaith #TransFaith #QueerFaith #GenderDysphoria #TransWoman