A Transgender Singer & a Gay Jew for Jesus Walk into a Church…

Some of you know about Marvin Bloom from this very blog. Marvin has a long and complicated story. He is a Long Island Jew for Jesus and for some time had lived as an ex-gay, trying desperately to de-gay himself. After many trials and tribulations (including a stint in the Homo No Mo Halfway House) [...]

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Gender Variance and Amputated Hairdryers

Diana, an openly transgender woman (a male to female trans activist) on her blog considers the question:
What does gender variance mean?
That question was asked on a forum that I read and of course, I took it literally. I answered in part…
“To me being “Gender Variant” mean not acting or behaving the way you are expected [...]

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Transgender Bible Characters–The Power of Narrative

I’ve been listening to a great podcast–Mandrake Society Radio and in particular to an interview with Steven G. Fullwood, founder of the Black Gay/Lesbian Archive, located in the Schomberg Center for Black Culture in the New York City Library. One theme that comces up more than once in the interview has to do with the [...]

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Marvin Strikes Again!

Marvin interview Earthel Forester, an 87 year-old Black lesbian. Marvin’s Aunt Sylvia also calls in and I even make a cameo appearance. Oh, and Marvin responds to Elizabeth Jeremiah, thus modeling how to stand up to a spiritual bully (and if anyone knows about this it is Marvin)
Listen to Trans-Ponder Podcast #86 for an episode [...]

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