Do you have to be gay to be transgender

Overview

Around the world, people are under attack for who they are.

Living as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans person or intersex (LGBTI) person can be life-threatening in a number of countries across the globe. For those who do not live with a daily immediate risk to their life, discrimination on the basis of one’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression and sex characteristics, can have a devastating effect on physical, mental and emotional well-being for those forced to endure it.

Discrimination and violence against LGBTI people can arrive in many forms, from name-calling, bullying, harassment, and gender-based violence, to existence denied a job or appropriate healthcare. Protests to uphold the rights of LGBTI people also confront suppression across the globe. 

The range of unequal treatment faced is extensive and damaging and could be based on:

• your sexual orientation (who you’re attracted to)
• gender identity (how you self-identify, irrespective of the sex assigned at birth)
• gender expression (how you express your gender, for example through your clothing, hair or mannerisms),
• sex characteristics (for example, your genitals, chromosomes, reproductive

  What Does the Bible Say About Transgender People?

  Introduction

  For several decades, political and theological debates related to Queer issues have centered around same-sex relationships for lesbian, homosexual and bisexual people. While an exploration of that topic is important, the volume of faith resources dedicated to it have often excluded reflection on the unique considerations related to gender identity. Mistakenly, some Christians have suggested that taking the Bible seriously requires people of faith to stand in opposition to the existence, health and humanity of gender nonconforming people. Consequently, gender-expansive people of all demographics and Christian traditions have been made to undergo that they must choose between their faith and living a whole, strong and authentic experience. Whether you are a ministry commander, the family member of a trans person person or a trans person of faith yourself, this page seeks to serve as a brief overview of the Bible’s precedent for affirming the full inclusion of transgender, non-binary and other gender-expansive people in the complete life of Christian community.
  

  The language we use

  Sometimes it can feel overwhelming to learn new terms

  Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions

  Sexual orientation

  An characteristic or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. Note: an individual’s sexual orientation is independent of their gender identity.

  Gender identity

  One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they dial themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.

  Gender expression

  External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with creature either masculine or feminine.

  Transgender

  An umbrella designation for people whose gender identity and/or expression is alternative from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation. Therefore, transgender people may identify as straight, gay, woman loving woman, bisexual, etc.

  Gender transition

  The process by which some people aspire to more closely align their intern

  Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People

  Transgender people come from every region of the United States and around the nature, from every racial and ethnic background, and from every faith community. Transsexual people are your classmates, your coworkers, your neighbors, and your friends. With approximately 1.4 million transsexual adults in the Together States—and millions more around the world—chances are that you've met a transsexual person, even if you don't know it.

  What does it mean to be transgender?

  Transgender people are people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were thought to be at birth. “Trans” is often used as shorthand for transgender.

  When we're born, a doctor usually says that we're male or female based on what our bodies glance like. Most people who were labeled male at birth turn out to actually identify as men, and most people who were labeled female at birth grow up to be women. But some people's gender identity – their innate knowledge of who they are – is different from what was initially expected when they were born. Most of these people depict themselves as transgender.

  A transgender woman lives as a woman today, bu