Comments on: Virginia Ramey Mollenkott: Seven reasons congregations should embrace the trans community http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-seven-reasons-congregations-should-embrace-the-trans-community/ Life at the intersection of Church and Trans with Rev. Allyson Robinson Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Can I Quote You? Abigail Jensen on our calling « Crossing the T http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-seven-reasons-congregations-should-embrace-the-trans-community/#comment-294 Can I Quote You? Abigail Jensen on our calling « Crossing the T Mon, 12 May 2008 19:02:57 +0000 http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/?p=126#comment-294 [...] Abigail Jensen, commenting on my recent post on Virginia Ramey Mollenkott’s keynote at the Transforming Faith: Divining Gender [...] [...] Abigail Jensen, commenting on my recent post on Virginia Ramey Mollenkott’s keynote at the Transforming Faith: Divining Gender [...]

]]> By: Rationalizing Love « Callan http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-seven-reasons-congregations-should-embrace-the-trans-community/#comment-281 Rationalizing Love « Callan Sat, 10 May 2008 15:34:37 +0000 http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/?p=126#comment-281 [...] 10, 2008 Allyson Robinson has a post with notes from a presentation by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott about the seven reasons why “congregations [...] [...] 10, 2008 Allyson Robinson has a post with notes from a presentation by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott about the seven reasons why “congregations [...]

]]> By: arizonaabby http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-seven-reasons-congregations-should-embrace-the-trans-community/#comment-280 arizonaabby Sat, 10 May 2008 14:26:34 +0000 http://crossingthet.wordpress.com/?p=126#comment-280 Callan, a friend of mine and fellow blogger, is fond of quoting this statement from anthropologist Anne Bolin: "In cultures where gender is rigidly bi-polar, rituals of gender crossing remind us of our continuous common humanity." http://callan.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/naked-came-the-tranny/ This seems to fit very well with Mollenkott's ideas. I think that demonstrating to the world our common humanity despite our differences is our highest calling as trans women and men. Callan, a friend of mine and fellow blogger, is fond of quoting this statement from anthropologist Anne Bolin:

“In cultures where gender is rigidly bi-polar, rituals of gender crossing remind us of our continuous common humanity.”

http://callan.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/naked-came-the-tranny/

This seems to fit very well with Mollenkott’s ideas. I think that demonstrating to the world our common humanity despite our differences is our highest calling as trans women and men.

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