Reddit reviews Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians

A lot of far-right people tend to be religious, and basically 100% of far-right people are shitty people. So that...certainly tends to skew how people recognize the correlation.

It's worth acknowledging that a bunch of trans folks are religious, which is really affirming for me. I wouldn't say *I'm* religious, but it helps me believe that being trans is just a part of human identity, so of course trans folks can be religious, you know? Bearing that in mind, I appreciated this book, which is basically half written for cis people who want to understand where trans folks fit under Christianity, and half written for trans folks who are trying to find a way of looking at Christianity that isn't horrifying.

https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Bible-Lives-Transgender-Christians-ebook/dp/B07C9FK1MZ

I'm sorry you and your partner are having to deal with that. Rejection in the name of God, or "I love you but I dont support you wholly because it's against God's will" is all too common and I believe is completely antithetical to what faith is meant for. And, it's frustrating, painful and confusing. I'm a trans Christian and I have had family members insinuate that I don't follow Jesus any more because I'm "no longer following scripture." I don't really have much to say in terms of how to talk with them or where to set boundaries, but I thought I'd pass along some resources that have helped me in discussing with my conservative Christian family.

My friend Austen is a trans Christian theologian and educator. His book Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians takes a look at interpretations of the Bible that do not lead to "I love you but can't support you fully because it's against scripture."

Gender spectrum also has a page responding to the common "clobber passages" used against trans people in Jewish and Christian scripture.