Transgender, Transsexual, and Gender Queer Individuals with a Christian Upbringing: The Process of Resolving Conflict Between Gender Identity and Faith

Levy, Denise L.; P-Lcsw, Jessica R. Lo Msw

doi:10.1080/15426432.2013.749079

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“…These patterns have been found with gay and lesbian Christians in the United States and The Netherlands (Ganzevoort et al, 2011;Rodriguez & Ouellette, 2000), with Latino gay men (García et al, 2008), and with Jewish gay men (Schnoor, 2006). Such patterns are less clear for transgender people, but there is evidence that they disproportionately change faith traditions, leave organized religions altogether, or try out new faith traditions and spiritual paths (Kidd & Witten, 2008;Levy & Lo, 2013;Porter, Ronneberg & Witten, 2013).…”

Section: Psychological and Emotional Consequences For Lgbtq Peoplementioning

confidence: 80%

“…Some distinguish between spirituality and religion, seeing the latter as political and fallible; some deepen their knowledge, identifying where doctrines may deviate from original spiritual teachings; some focus more on the core spiritual values of their faith tradition, such as love, compassion, and respect (Barrow & Kuvalanka, 2011;Barton, 2010;Brennan-Ing et al, 2013;Dahl & Galliher, 2009;Levy & Lo, 2013;Murr, 2013;Schnoor, 2006;Schuck & Liddle, 2001;Siraj, 2012;Westerfield, 2012).…”

Section: Psychological and Emotional Consequences For Lgbtq Peoplementioning

confidence: 97%

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Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration

Beagan

Hattie

2015

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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Processes of navigating intersections between spiritual/religious identity and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) identity are just beginning to be explicated. In-depth interviews with 35 LGBTQ adults from a range of backgrounds explore experiences with religion and spirituality. Although not all participants experienced conflicts, the psychological and emotional harms done to some participants through organized religion were extensive and knew no age boundaries. Disconnection from bodies and delayed sexual activity were common. Many left formal religions; those who stayed distinguished between religious teachings and institutions, and between religion and spirituality. Heightened knowledge of theology proved helpful to some. Limitations and implications for counseling are discussed.Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those who identify as queer (LGBTQ) almost inevitably have conflicted relationships to religion and spirituality. Condemnation by mainstream faith traditions has inflicted considerable harm on sexual and gender minorities. The purpose of this study was to explore how a range of LGBTQ individuals experienced and perceived religion and spirituality. In particular, it was to examine potential identity conflicts, how people sought to resolve conflicts for a coherent sense of self, and how they experienced the place of spirituality and religion in

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Section: Psychological and Emotional Consequences For Lgbtq Peoplementioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Psychological and Emotional Consequences For Lgbtq Peoplementioning

confidence: 97%

Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration

Beagan

Hattie

2015

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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“…3 These new cohorts will bring more complex identities to bear, including identities such as gender blending, gender bending, and gender-independent. 63,67,68,70 As younger and younger individuals identify as gender nonconforming, we will see children who are starting their life path as gender different from very young ages. The life trajectories that they will experience remain unknown.…”

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“…Faith-based facilities need training programs that address faith-related challenges when interacting with transgenderidentified elders. 67 Social work programs and other programs that train potential caregivers of elders in the trans-community need to include transgender-related materials in such courses as social justice and gerontological social work. 10,[68][69][70][71] Many areas of trans-aging require further investigation.…”

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It's Not All Darkness: Robustness, Resilience, and Successful Transgender Aging

Witten

2014

LGBT Health

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We review the recent psychosocial literature on transgender aging. We also report relevant in-press results from the Trans MetLife Survey on Later-Life Preparedness and Perceptions in Transgender-Identified Individuals (TMLS) on end-of-life and later-life trans-aging. To obtain relevant literature, we employed the search engines Google Scholar, Stanford Highwire, and PubMed/Medline. Databases searched included Web of Science, Cinhal, PsyINFO, Gender Studies Database, Sociological Abstracts, and Social Services Abstracts. Keyword searches included "transgender" and "transsexual." Key phrases included "transgender aging," "transsexual aging," and "LGBT aging." Years searched were from January 1, 2011, through April 26, 2013. We found two types of articles: LGBT aging-related (or lumped aging) articles and articles that focused specifically on transgender aging, or trans-aging. We found that the articles spoke of concerns and fears regarding discrimination, potential abuse at the hands of caregivers, inability to live out their lives in their true identities, risk of becoming homeless, loss of independence, and dementia, among other concerns. We note that the elder trans-identified population is significantly ill-prepared for the major legal issues that arise and events that occur in the later-life to end-of-life time periods. Despite these difficulties, a few articles spoke of resilience and successful aging in the population. Some TMLS respondents indicated that they were considering either "detransitioning," that is, changing social presentation to the pretransition gender identity, or suicide (which some referred to as euthanasia) as means of managing the severe problems they expected to encounter later in the aging process. A number of potentially modifiable risk factors exist within this population. Modification strategies include increasing the population awareness of the need for end-of-life legal preparations for members of the trans-identified community as well as those who serve it. There is a continued need to reduce stigma and to include gender identity/gender presentation in nondiscrimination and hate crime statutes. Despite these difficulties, there is a resilience and robustness that can be found in many individuals within the community of transgender older adults. There is a need to investigate this further.

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“…Future work should address the unique experiences of individuals who identify as both transgender and Christian. For work focusing on this topic, see Wilcox (2002), Kidd and Witten (2008), and Levy and Lo (2013) [4][5][6]. Our work suggests that their experiences are likely to differ depending on their geographic location.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 86%

Reconciling LGB and Christian Identities in the Rural South

2015

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Drawing on in-depth interviews with rural Christians living in the South who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB), this study analyzes how they negotiate their religious, geographic, and sexual identities. We find that most interviewees employed two strategies to reconcile their Christian and gay identities: emphasizing a personal connection to an accepting God and finding a local church in their rural community in which they felt accepted. We argue that rural contexts influenced interviewees' reliance on these strategies and show how individuals can construct multiple interpretations about themselves, which do not always align with existing cultural assumptions. In addition, we argue that gender differences exist with regard to participants' residential choices and the importance they place on "community". We find that, in general, women value the privacy and freedom afforded to them in rural areas, a sentiment that is echoed in their religious choices while many of the men value the close knit community they find in their small towns.

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Transgender, Transsexual, and Gender Queer Individuals with a Christian Upbringing: The Process of Resolving Conflict Between Gender Identity and Faith

Cited by 46 publications

References 19 publications

Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration

Religion, Spirituality, and LGBTQ Identity Integration

It's Not All Darkness: Robustness, Resilience, and Successful Transgender Aging

Reconciling LGB and Christian Identities in the Rural South

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