An Anglican LGBTQ+ group claims the Bible supports transgender identities, citing examples like eunuchs and women in traditionally masculine roles.
An Anglican LGBTQ+ group argues the Bible affirms transgender identity, asserting 'not everyone in the Bible is cisgender.' Hosted by LGBTQ Faith UK, the group contends that the Bible includes 'some clear queer characters' and offers as examples eunuchs and women engaging in traditionally masculine roles. 'Not everyone in the Bible is cisgender. Nor is everyone in the Bible biologically or anatomically male or female,' states the text, written by Ann Reddecliffe.
'In the Bible, the clearest example of this are eunuchs, who can be seen as the biblical 'ancestors' of trans people,' the text continues. 'Some people were born with poorly formed male genitals or missing male genitals,' it declares. 'In contemporary terms, they would be intersex, but when the Bible was written, they would have been eunuchs.' According to the resource, eunuchs were welcomed and could be full members of the early Christian church, 'without having to be totally male or totally female.' We can put modern labels of intersex or queer or trans onto him, but a different label would be 'child of God,' the text states. God sent an angel and an apostle to bring him into the church, not as a second-class worshipper, but as a full and equal member. Regarding 'intersex' characters in the Bible, one of the 'most likely' is the Samaritan woman that Jesus meets in the gospel of John, chapter 4, the resource affirms, without explaining how a woman who has had 5 husbands qualifies as 'intersex.' The important thing is, Jesus 'knows her situation and he shows her respect,' the text maintains, and 'He affirms her.' Moving on to 'Q,' the text states that understanding queer in terms of gender performance 'shows some clear queer characters,' one of the most obvious of whom is Deborah, as Deborah 'is the only recorded female leader of Israel' and when the Israelites were attacked by the Canaanites, 'it was Deborah who led the army into battle,' the text contends
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