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  2. Megan Rohrer - Wikipedia

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    Rohrer was ordained in 2006, during a time when the ELCA did not allow LGBTQ pastors to openly serve. [14] When the policy changed in 2009, Rohrer became the first openly transgender person to serve as a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

  3. Transgender pastor fosters inclusive church - AOL

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    In 2015, the ELCA ordained its first transgender priest and several more followed, including Stever. Transgender clergy also serve in the Methodist, Episcopal and Presbyterian churches.

  4. LGBT clergy in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) and the Episcopal Church or ECUSA [3] allow the ordination of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender clergy. In 2012 the Episcopal Church of the United States approved a change to their nondiscrimination canons to include gender identity and expression. [4]

  5. Rebekah Bruesehoff - Wikipedia

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    Rebekah Bruesehoff (born 2006 or 2007) [1] is an American LGBTQ rights activist, social media influencer, and author. As a child, Bruesehoff began attending protests with her mother; she became involved as a prominent supporter of transgender youth when many felt that the Donald Trump administration denied rights to trans students.

  6. Mormon church issues new restrictions on transgender members

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    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known widely as the Mormon church, issued a slew of new policies this week expanding its restrictions on transgender members.

  7. List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality

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    On 21 August 2009, the ELCA voted 559 to 451 in favor of allowing non-celibate LGBTQ+ persons in committed monogamous relationships to become ordained ministers. [80] Another motion passed at the 2009 Assembly directed its leaders to develop a rite of blessing for same-sex unions. In 2013, the ELCA elected Guy Erwin as their first openly gay ...

  8. 24 to watch in 2024: She’s working to get more Kentucky ...

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    They don’t view transgender people as inherently bad and I think that making efforts to show that, to prove it at the ballot box is going to pay dividends.” Show comments Advertisement

  9. ReconcilingWorks - Wikipedia

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    ReconcilingWorks, initially named Lutherans Concerned for Gay People and subsequently Lutherans Concerned/North America, is an organization of laypeople, pastors, and congregations primarily from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) working for the full acceptance and inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender ...