7/3/2023 0 Comments Austen hartkeEven as we celebrate increasing social support for transgender people, we fear the way that our identities and our very lives are being used as political pawns in bids for funding and reelection.īut amid fear and through locked doors, Jesus shows up. And when I hear Maddie, a trans girl in North Carolina, say, “If I didn’t have my hormones or my blocker, I’d be very unhappy, and I wouldn’t want to leave the house sometimes,” I think of the disciples with the door locked on Easter evening. So when I read about people like Katie, one of many affirming parents who are leaving Texas because of the threat of having their transgender child taken from them, I think of the way the women at the tomb fled in fear. When trans activists say that this is an attempt to legislate trans and gender-expansive people out of existence, it’s not hyperbole. Even worse, it’s explicitly Christian organizations like the Alliance Defending Freedom that write and peddle the templates for these bills. As you may know, recent laws passed in states like Texas, Alabama, Florida, and more are making it increasingly difficult for transgender people to get health care, talk about themselves in schools, participate in sports, and even live with their affirming parents. I hold this reminder myself as I consider the current wave of legislation targeting transgender and gender-expansive people and their families.
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