On Nov. 20 and thru the week, Episcopal churches nationwide will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize transgender individuals and to raise awareness of violence against trans people. #TDOR ⚓️ episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/19/e...

“There is a disgraceful misconception that all people of faith do not affirm the full spectrum of gender–a great many of us do. Let it be known instead that our beloveds are created in the image of God-Holy and whole.” —many diverse faith traditions including the Episcopal Church ⚓️

On this #NationalComingOutDay: we’re glad we can say that there is a place in the Episcopal Church for us to be our whole selves, wondrously made as we are. For history, connection, and resources, this page is a good place to start: www.episcopalchurch.org/organization... ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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An open letter from the Episcopal Consultation to the Episcopal Church on the accord with former bishop John Howard. www.theepiscopalconsultation.org/an-open-lett...

🚨 Last day! to comment to the FTC on gender affirming care. The Episcopal Church supports 🏳️‍⚧️ care. Per resolution 2022-D066, we “advocate for access to gender affirming care in all forms as part of our Baptismal call to respect the dignity of every human being.” ⚓️ transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...

“As a religious leader, I don’t serve political powers, the principalities of this age. I serve Jesus of Nazareth, who came as a stranger, was oppressed by a state system and taught us and told us to welcome the stranger and to stand with all who suffer.” — Episcopal Bishop Julia Whitworth ⚓️

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

under no circumstances can the legitimacy of a desire to see appropriate reforms made to our gun laws become an excuse to equivocate regarding any attempt to categorically deny trans people rights - *any* rights - that others retain

Thank you to Episcopal News Service for honoring the Rev. Vicki Gray with this story about her path-breaking life and ministry: episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/08/12/r... ⚓️

Good piece of reporting here on the impact of anti-trans laws on communities beyond trans folks and their families. We hear many of these stories from churches across the country.

We are so sad to have lost our comrade the Rev. Dr. Vicki Gray over the weekend. She was a dear friend, fierce advocate, devoted deacon, and member of our Steering Committee for many years. We lift up our friend with gratitude for her life and witness. ⚓️ www.transepiscopal.org/blog/remembe...

Today is the first death anniversary of our beloved Rev. Gari Green. We miss her so much - her wisdom and wicked sense of humor. Gari would have a lot to say about the present times, and we carry her voice with us. Here is what we wrote last year. ⚓️ www.transepiscopal.org/blog/remembe...

Amazing news! I just got word that Kelly Ayotte has just vetoed HB148, a bill that would repeal non-discrimination protections for trans people in New Hampshire. It was a long and at many times terrifying journey, but I'm glad she understood how terrible this would be for all Granite Staters.

This afternoon several trans clergy & allies from the Episcopal Diocese of California rallied with others outside Stanford Medical Center protesting “compliance in advance” with Trump admin demands to curtail care for people under 19, against medical evidence. ⚓️ wwwsfchronicle.com/health/artic...

It has been two years today since we lost Iain Stanford to cancer, surrounding him with love and care in his final days as he made his way into God’s own keeping. A few days before he died, Iain and Cameron recorded a final conversation—words of courage even for these times. ⚓️ vimeo.com/981787068

Go, Gwen! ⚓️

Today the Episcopal Church commemorates the life of the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, a remarkable scholar, activist, and priest who likely was also trans. We give thanks for Dr. Murray’s life, work and witness in the civil rights and feminist movements both within and beyond the borders of the church. ⚓️

Notes for Pride weekend - a number of Episcopal clergy and lay folks were be present at a rally led by trans youth at San Francisco City Hall last night. Today we join the SF Trans March, starting with a Eucharist at 4:45pm outside the friary (573 Dolores) on Dolores Park. All welcome! ⚓️

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Our response to the Supreme Court Skrmetti ruling today. Stand with us. ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️ 📸 credit: @jackjenkins.me, @RNS www.transepiscopal.org/blog/in-resp...

Our response to the Supreme Court Skrmetti ruling today. Stand with us. ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️ 📸 credit: @jackjenkins.me, @RNS www.transepiscopal.org/blog/in-resp...

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Want to read more nerdy stuff about The Episcopal Church and gender identity? @transepiscopal.bsky.social has good resources here.

Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod affirms trans, other gender non-conforming people episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/06/09/s...

This is a ‘Kairos moment’ for faith communities that affirm the dignity & rights of LGBTQ+ people—especially trans & nonbinary people. Christian nationalism’s attacks on LGBTQ+ people are also an attack on our deep belief in God’s inclusive love. ⚓️ read it all: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Strange Fire: “This is a message: A message of love Love that moves from the inside out, Love that never grows tired I come to you with strange fire This sermon is indeed inspired by the words of Amy Ray from the Indigo Girls' first album in 1987 ….” www.transepiscopal.org/blog/strange... ⚓️

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Today at 4pm pacific / 7pm eastern, transgender law center is hosting a briefing on the Skrmetti case. www.youtube.com/live/yWaiaw_...

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Y en español aquí: Spanish-language feed here: vimeo.com/event/5171375

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Starting in just a few minutes! — 3pm PT / 6pm ET The Episcopal Church will celebrate a Pride Eucharist with Blessing and Commissioning. Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe presiding and the Rev. Cameron Partridge preaching. m.facebook.com/events/72847...

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Join us! Sunday, June 1 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT — a service to bless and commission Episcopalians who will share God's love at Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ events across the church. TransEpiscopal’s own The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge will preach and Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will preside. ⚓️ facebook.com/events/s/pri...

Tomorrow! Friday, May 23 at 1pm ET ⚓️

“My church and now my state protects the trans community … If these eight bills pass, I fear we will be taking giant steps backwards and my small community will experience the same discrimination and oppression I fled by moving to Maine.” — the Rev. Gwen Fry ⚓️ www.transepiscopal.org/blog/testimo...

Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ resources are now available from the Episcopal Church ahead of June 2025! Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will be blessing Episcopal Pride events in a live-streamed June 1 event. ⚓️ Read more here: mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...

Join the Episcopal Public Policy Network for the first in a new series: “The Episcopal Church in Conversation With...” with the Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge (he/him), an openly trans Episcopal priest, theologian, spouse&dad, founding member of TransEpiscopal. ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️ Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is appalling, and all the more reason for Episcopalians to lift up Pauli’s memory, especially on July 1, Pauli’s day on our calendar of saints. Pauli’s life embodied our baptismal promise to respect the dignity of every human being. Trump & co say and do the very opposite. ⚓️

“The notion that the Rev. Pauli Murray’s lived experience as a Southerner, and work as a Black, gender non-confirming civil, women’s and human rights activist is against national interest, and essentially un-American, is abhorrent …” ⚓️ episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/04/24/p...

Look at this ✨beautiful✨ photo of the trans and non-binary lay and clergy leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia’s #TDOV #TDOV2025 service at St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish, Seattle, Washington, on April 12, 2025.

The Diocese of Michigan held a #TDOV service last week, with an excellent sermon by Toby Darrah ⚓️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9_...

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"Who do you say that I am?" - The Episcopal Diocese of Newark held a diocesan service for #TDOV #TDOV2025 yesterday and here is the link to the service video + the powerful sermon preached by Brigid Dwyer: dioceseofnewark.org/sermon-on-th... ⚓

Thank you, Bishop LaBelle (Episcopal Diocese of Olympia) for your statement of love and solidarity for the trans, non-binary, and two-spirit members of your diocese for #TDOV #TDOV2025. Indeed, we are each of us made in the image of God, and we are loved deeply by God. ⚓ ecww.org/transgender-...

Subversive Joy — sermon (link to audio thanks to Grace Cathedral and full text) preached by the Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco for #TDOV 2025. Thank you, Episcopal Church, for showing up today and in these times. ⚓️ www.transepiscopal.org/blog/subvers...

Episcopal Church statement on #TDOV ⚓️