An Anglican LGBTQ+ group argues the Bible affirms transgender identity, asserting “not everyone in the Bible is cisgender.”
The new resource, part of the “Bible Affirms” series hosted by LGBTQ Faith UK, contends that the Bible includes “some clear queer characters” and offers as examples eunuchs and women engaging in traditionally masculine roles.
“Not everyone in the Bible is cisgender. Nor is everyone in the Bible biologically or anatomically male or female,” states the text, written by Ann Reddecliffe.
“In the Bible, the clearest example of this are eunuchs, who can be seen as the biblical ‘ancestors’ of trans people,” the text continues.
“Some people were born with poorly formed male genitals or missing male genitals,” it declares. “In contemporary terms, they would be intersex, but when the Bible was written, they would have been eunuchs.”
