Tagged: Born twice. We transgender Christians
Testimony* by Luisa Turci, a Christian mother with a transgender child, member of La tent di Gionata and Agedo Rimini-Cesena. Manu was sixteen years old. That evening, when I returned home, he told me about his coming out, saying: "Ma, it seems to me that I like both boys and girls." It hits me like a crab in my stomach:...
Testimony* from Jonah of the LGBT+ Young Christian Project I was lucky enough to be baptized. And I don't call it luck in light of my current faith, but because I see the sacrament of Baptism as a soil that someone prepares for you, on which he sows the first seed that - if and when it suits you - you can cultivate. Cultivate the...
Testimony from Alex from Bari My name is Alex and I am a twenty-one year old trans boy. I am currently a student. I am attending an ITS course on the management of multifunctional activities in agricultural companies such as agritourisms. I have recognized myself as a man since the age of three, when I began to reject all clothing attributed to the female gender. Since I was little I was...
Rosita's testimony collected by Erika Capobianco* I'm tired, really too tired to go out tonight. Especially my legs, they hurt, they are heavy like lead. I curse myself for what I did to my body. Why did I do it? Was it necessary? I want to sleep, sleep and not think. There were seven of us in the family, five children and their parents. We lived in one...
Testimony* by Cristina Lapedota of Speranza, network of transgender Christians and Zaccheo Puglia – Rete Cristiani Queer I was baptized with the name of Nicola, but since I was little I never accepted that name and that sex, nor felt it was mine: it didn't belong to me ! But then I didn't really understand the reality I was experiencing. Like all children I began to attend...
Testimony* by Gabriel di Speranza, network of transgender Christians When I think about my life, I would say that I see it as very rich in important events that have made me the person I am today. My spiritual life has not always been simple and linear. I experienced prayer but also spiritual disagreements, confusion, anger, disappointment in life,...