it pains me when the heavily religious come at me for simply being trans, as if Our Savior was not.
trans people are the closest to Holy in Human Form. centuries of Catholic art history back up the theoretical sermon at Cambridge University.
somewhere between the 13th and 15th century Europe, Christ’s side-wound representing birth/life via vulvic imagery was often depicted in luxury devotional manuscripts and arts, a “genre” of art that existed way before Puritanism, gender non-conformity. to understand why is to drop all post-reformation sensibility and consider the rawness of the Catholic Middle Ages.
Biblically speaking from my comprehension, Christ’s transfiguration resonates heavily with the universal trans experience as well, by reframing our transitions as a Revelation rather than a change. the Greek word used in the Gospel is metamorphothe, which suggests the body is not a static cage, but the Holy Grounds of Becoming.
we often are reminded of the Chromosomal Theoretical aspect when we consider the idea of Mother Mary birthing Jesus without a male involved. the concept suggests that without a male (Y) chromosome from the biological father, Jesus would allegedly have female (XX) chromosomes by biology, with centuries of ancient art to back up the thesis.
Renaissance masters like Michelangelo and Caravaggio frequently gave Jesus softer, femme, or androgynous features in their arts to acknowledge he represented All of humanity.
not just cis, white, straight men.
we are Loved.
