“But it hasn’t been applied to gender diverse people in the same way and it hasn’t been accessible. “This is all based on theology that people have been doing for the past 10-20 years,” Hartke says. He declined to take full credit for the book’s ideas, nodding to a history of liberation theology in different traditions as well as the insights of those he interviewed. As a well-known trans Christian and an award-winning writer, it makes sense that he would be the person to write the first mainstream, accessible book on the topic. He currently serves as the Faith Coordinator for Gender Spectrum. Hartke has been teaching others about transness and faith through his YouTube series Transgender and Christian for 100 episodes, and he has spoken at numerous conferences since 2014. “People who don’t know what to think about trans people, or say ‘I think the Bible says something negative but I’m not sure’ have been receptive.” “Folks I have talked to who we might consider the movable middle have been encouraging,” he says. Hartke says the response to the book, which came out in March of this year, has been largely positive. It is an unprecedented resource for Christian parents, church leaders, and anyone who wants to start understanding how trans people experience our faith. Austen Hartke’s new book, Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians, speaks into that void with grace, passion, and integrity.
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