Transgender Day of Remembrance Resources
In honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance coming up on Sunday, November 20th, 2022, Bishop Dunlop encourages individuals, congregations, and faith based communities to grow our understanding and inclusion of transgender people and calls us to grow in public witness as allies of the transgender community.
As individual congregations and faith-based community agencies grow in understanding and inclusion of Transgender individuals and the honoring of Transgender Day of Remembrance, here are a few resources to support learning and answer questions about the day.
Our committee is dedicated to developing partnerships and providing rostered leaders and congregations with theologically sound resources and enlightening and engaging worship opportunities that celebrate our God-given, God-created unique identities, while supporting and accompanying LBGTQIA+ people, families, and our community.
Our Affirming Task Force
Resources (in no particular order within their sections)
Specifically Lutheran LGBTQIA+ Support and Resources
Specifically LGBTQIA+ Affirming Worship, Bible Study, and Sermon Prep Resources
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Lists of Resources from Other Denominations
Books Suitable for Congregational Study and Use
The Queer Bible Commentary
Bible Trouble by Teresa Hornsby and Ken Stone
Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation by Hornsby/Guest
Radical Love; An Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick Cheng
This I Know; A Simple Biblical Defense for LGBTQ Christians by Pr. Jim Dant
No Innocent Bystanders: Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice by Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher Doucet
Outside the Lines by Mihee Kim-Kort
Transforming by Austen Hartke
Unclobber by Colby Martin
The Oxford Handbook of theology, sexuality, and gender edited by Adrian Thatcher
Queer Theology by Linn Marie Tonstad
Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism by R.W. Holmen
Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry (publishing in April 2021)
Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing (Fortress, 2001)
Secular Resources
Regional Resources
Reconciling In Christ Congregations
- Union Lutheran Church (York)
- St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (Middletown)
- St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Messiah Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Communities of Hope (Harrisburg)
- Tree of Life Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- Epiphany Lutheran Church (Harrisburg)
- St. Matthias Evangelical Lutheran Church (Carlisle)
- St. James Lutheran Church (Gettysburg)
- Christ Chapel at Gettysburg College (Gettysburg)
- United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg)
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (Penryn)
- Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central PA
- Lower Susquehanna Synod Office
- St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Lancaster
Videos
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Forum
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National Coming Out Day - Train in 10 Series
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A National Coming Out Day Sermon - Lower Susquehanna Synod Justice Ministries
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A Pastoral Message On LGBTQIA+ History Month & National Coming Out Day, October 2022
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Reconciling in Christ Congregation Leaders Share Wisdom from the Journey