#trans saints

[thepinkpestilence]

dont fuck with me and my saint transmasc crossdressers squad

Father Dorotheus of Egypt/Benjamin de la Cartuja/Anastasius the Patrician/Euphemianos of Constantinople/Athanasius of Antioch/Dositheus of Kyiv/Eugenios of Rome/Smaragdus (Emerald) of Alexandria/Johannes (c. 854-923)

[butchdykejesuschrist]

Saint Marinos The Monk,

Pray for and with gender diverse children, as if they were your adopted child. As well as trans men in the clergy and in consecrated life, as they follow your path.

Intercede on behalf of all transgender, transsexual, transvestite, two-spirit, and gender-non-conforming peoples - that we might be fully accepted by the church and permitted to openly participate in church life, ordainment, and religious orders - if we are called to do so.

Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

[lgbt-tiktoks]

Caption: [Hi! Yes! Let's talk about transgender saints. So identifying specific saints as transgender is a relatively recent phenomenom inthe scholarship. However, what's not a recent phenomenom is scholars noting that there are a non-negligible number of saints who are assigned female at birth who, over the course of their life, exhibit some form of gender non-conformity and that is in fact part of their sanctity.

Valerie Hotchkiss identifies thirty four such figures in the book "Clothes Make the Man". And this can be a single event such as with Saint Wilgefortis, who asks God for a beard in order to avoid an unwanted marriage. The beard appears. Or it could be more of someone's entire life, such as Saint Marinos, who was living in an all male monestary for his whole life. And then only upon his death is, I guess we could say, outed.

In "Byzantine Intersectionality", the author Roland Betancourt argues for a reading of the life of Saint Marinos as a transgender man. And he further says that this reveals "the range of sites available to premodern non-cisgender persons for self identification: not as queer abject or aberrant social figures, but rather often within the nominative practices of Christian worship asceticism and empire".]

[the-mediaeval-monk]

Queer Saints: Marinos the Monk, A Transgender Saint

Content Note: Brief Mention of Sexual Violence If you haven’t read my preface to the Queer Saints series, I recommend doing do. There I expl

I wrote this blog post on Saint Marinos a few years ago, but I'm sharing it again as the Good Word about trans saints/monks needs to be spread.

[transgenderdaysaint]

This is a new project I’m really excited about! Submissions are of course open for any trans and/or nonbinary person who is currently a Latter-day Saint, previously has been, or otherwise is adjacent to Mormonism in some way. 💜 Send your story to [email protected] 💌

[transgenderdaysaint]

answering some questions from Twitter—

Q: I actually don’t understand how one can be both transgender and non-binary. Can you explain a little about why you identify with both of those labels? 

A: “Transgender“ and “nonbinary“ are both big umbrellas that encompass a wide variety of experiences! This is by no means comprehensive (or perfectly representative of overlaps), but here’s a visual to give you a rough idea:

Many, but not all, transgender people still fall under a binary gender umbrella (FtM, MtF). But “transgender“ means not identifying with your assigned gender at birth, or AGAB (whether or not you transition)— so it also includes nonbinary people who vibe with that term.

(The white stripe in the transgender flag also represents nonbinary genders!) 

Some nonbinary people still feel connected to their AGAB (i.e. Rebecca Sugar is a nonbinary woman) and they may or may not also identify as trans. It’s all personal preference. :)

I often say I identify *with* women even though I don’t identify *as* one, because I’ve been socialized in the same way (and am usually perceived as one). But I’m not a woman— that hasn’t ever felt right and doesn’t suit me. And I’m not a man either. I’m something in between!

Again, nonbinary isn’t a singular gender or experience— but for me, I’m trans because I’m not the AGAB I was given, and nonbinary because that gender falls outside the binary.

Q: I see on your profile that you have te/ter as well as they/them listed as your pronouns. When should I use which? I’ve never heard of te/ter.

A: te/ter is a weird one and I know it 😅(you may have heard of “neopronouns,” which are usually referred to derisively and considered “cringe-y”). So, that’s why I also list they/them— even that set is still gaining traction, but it’s one that people have usually heard of.

For me, “she/her” makes me dysphoric, and “he/him” feels better but still not entirely accurate. So I defaulted to “they/them” which feels, appropriately, neutral; but since it’s conjugated as a plural, in practice I’ve found it clunky and impersonal.

So that’s what drew me to te/ter! Here’s how it’s used in context: 

 That’s Ash, te is writing a tweet. 

I hope ter tweet will be good. 

This account is ters. 

Right now, Ash is talking about terself. 

 Pronunciation-wise it rhymes with he and her. 

So overall I prefer te/ter but honestly I’m bashful about asking for it (especially in person), so they/them is just fine with me too.

[st-xeniaofgethen]

Every time someone calls St. Marios the monk by the name of St. Maria the monk an angel dies.

[drag-tween]

The Little Known History of Transgender Saints

Gender non-conformity is far from new