Tag Archives: TRANS ISSUES

There Are Signs …

Posted on November 14, 2017 by liammichael

It’s that time of year when we are called to be still enough to reflect and express gratitude for all we have—even amid all that is troubling and not what we want, or perhaps, need it to be. These times … Continue reading →

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Remembering and Imagining (Or…Looking Forward From Philadelphia)

Posted on September 13, 2017 by liammichael

When I was growing up in the 1960s, it was a particularly difficult time to be a child discerning a gender-identity different from one’s gender assigned at birth. In a time where everything our culture saw as normal and “just … Continue reading →

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Deflection Politics: Tried and True Tactics

Posted on July 27, 2017 by liammichael

(Or…the Soothing Sound of Katydids) It is evening here, in North Carolina, where House Bill 2 (the first of the “bathroom” bills) once loomed heavily, casting a storm of attention over our lives and giving the shelter of darkness to … Continue reading →

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Getting Dusty with Jacob

Posted on July 23, 2016 by liammichael

An ancient wisdom asserts that the whole universe is in the Torah, we just have to keep turning it to see it more fully. I believe this to be true—even as a transgender person of faith, even in light of the many ways our sacred texts have been used to exclude trans and LGBQ people. Perhaps, it is precisely because of the hurt arising from the misuse of scripture that I have come to hear refrains of our diverse human conditions sounding forth from Biblical narratives. Continue reading →

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On The Down-Side of the Up-Side of Passing

Posted on August 20, 2013 by liammichael

“As human beings, we all want happiness, peace and release from suffering.” His Holiness The Dalai Lama Few of us would argue the idea that at the core of all our longing and striving is a desire for happiness and … Continue reading →

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Passing By

Posted on July 15, 2013 by liammichael

“Be You As Passersby…”                                                                         … Continue reading →

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