#trans bishop

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San Francisco transgender bishop who sued is removed from ministry after Latino pastor’s dismissal

The Rev. Megan Rohrer has been removed from the ministry after an investigation into allegations of racism by a Stockton church, Lutheran church officials said Monday

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San Francisco man, among the first transgender bishops at a major Christian church, alleges he was forced out in discrimination lawsuit

The Rev. Megan Rohrer, who resigned last June less than a year into his post as one of the first openly transgender bishops in a major Christian denomination, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was forced out after months of discrimination

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San Francisco transgender Lutheran bishop resigns amid controversy over removal of pastor

The Rev. Megan Rohrer of San Francisco, who made history last year as the first openly trans person to be elevated as bishop in the country’s largest Lutheran denomination, has resigned amid accusations of racism in their removal of the pastor of a predominantly Latino congregation in Stockton

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Lutheran LGBTQ group accuses trans bishop of racism

A group of LGBTQ Lutheran clergy suspended the membership of trans Bishop Megan Rohrer alleging "racist words and actions" though the group'

Super sus of Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries to publicly rebuke Bishop Rohrer while at the same time refusing to specify things because "secrets."

I'm glad I left this group after I attended their conference in 2014. I left because phrases like "the resurrection is a myth we live by" were allowed to stand as if they are a viable option.

Let us also acknowledge the problematic nature of a "Guadalupe" celebration in a Lutheran context. Is it too much to ask Lutherans just to be Lutheran...

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The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (they/them) will become the first openly transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) when they are installed to the Sierra Pacific Synod at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco at 2 pm on Saturday, September 11