{"id":29332,"date":"2021-12-02T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29332"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:17:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:17:15","slug":"and-god-said-let-us-make-female-male-intersex-transgender-cisgender-and-non-binary-in-our-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/and-god-said-let-us-make-female-male-intersex-transgender-cisgender-and-non-binary-in-our-image\/","title":{"rendered":"And God said, Let us make female, male, intersex, transgender, cisgender and non-binary in our image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29333\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-02_213515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Anglican Church of Canada has developed a trial liturgy for \u201cJourneys of Gender Affirmation and Transition\u201d, to be used to bless the \u201cgender transition process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sample to whet your appetite should you wish to <em>transition<\/em> after suddenly realising that your inner lady is not at peace with your beard and testicles:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, and the plants, the trees, and the creatures of the land, sea, and air, God created a human being in their image and called them very good. What Scripture tells us about this first human\u2019s gender is more poetic than clear cut \u2013 this first human embodiment included maleness,<br \/>\nfemaleness, and more than these &#8211; all of this was affirmed as very good.<\/p>\n<p>So, we know that all bodies are made in God\u2019s image whether we recognize ourselves as female, male, or intersex; whether we are transgender, cisgender, or do not recognize ourselves in any of these labels. We are called by God both to care for and to be co-creators of all of<br \/>\ncreation and that includes our bodies. Taking steps physically or spiritually to manifest our gender identity more fully is to participate in God\u2019s commandment to tend and love all that God has made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can peruse the entire liturgy <a href=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Pastoral_Liturgies_for_Journeys_of_Gender_Transition_and_Affirmation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anglican Church of Canada has developed a trial liturgy for \u201cJourneys of Gender Affirmation and Transition\u201d, to be used to bless the \u201cgender transition process\u201d. Here is a sample to whet your appetite should you wish to transition after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/and-god-said-let-us-make-female-male-intersex-transgender-cisgender-and-non-binary-in-our-image\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}