We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Transcending Transphobia.” Having rethought about religious rhetorics, gendercide, and HB2 (Jacqueline M. Hidalgo), critiqued the rhetoric of trans-exclusive radical feminism and religion (Siobhan Kelly), explored non-binary transgender as Nepantla (Robyn Henderson-Espinoza), and finished with some concluding reflections on the conversation thus far and on the language of […]
Earlier this month, in a quiet, upper middle-class neighborhood in Istanbul, the body of Hande Kader, a trans*woman activist for LGBTQ justice in Turkey, was found mutilated and burned after she had been reported as missing for a couple of weeks. Kader’s murder is another in a country where the highest number of trans*persons are murdered […]
By Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. As someone who lives on multiple borderlands and always betwixt in/between male and female, race, class, ability, and religion, I have experienced a deep struggle in dominant trans literature that has largely surfaced throughout the academy for not having space for someone like myself. I am certain there are others who have similar […]
By Siobhan Kelly. The field of feminist studies in religion has failed to live up to its liberatory potential when it comes to trans* inclusion and liberation. As a young scholar of religion whose gender differs from its binary assignment at birth, feminism, to me, is supposed to be a place to find home; its […]
By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo. As a student and teacher of religion, I must wrestle with the way that religious discourses and practices have been deeply implicated in settler colonial violence and gendercide, undertaken in the name of “doing good,” of doing what is construed as divinely right and natural. In late eighteenth century colonial New […]
In the wake of the passing of HB2 (“Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act”) in North Carolina, the ongoing discussions regarding the rights, safety, and discrimination against trans*persons have come to the fore. Many have weighed in on the controversy including those who cite their religious beliefs as reasons to support the law or demand […]
This morning, my husband and I decided to visit a popular exhibit called the “Topography of Terror” in Berlin, Germany. It’s located in what used to be the headquarters for the German gestapo and it “focuses on the central institutions of the SS and police during the ‘Third Reich’ and the crimes that they committed […]
By Darryl W. Stephens. This commentary calls churches of all denominations to improve ecclesial response to clergy sexual abuse by embracing recent secular developments in trauma-informed services. Is your church as safe as a college campus? April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For many college campuses, this means increased scrutiny of their policies, procedures, and […]
By Mónica Maher. A religious colonial capital of Latin America, San Francisco de Quito is a monolithic Roman Catholic city in the hegemonic imagination. Yet, it is filled with religious diversity which reflects dynamic, socio-cultural processes linked to international movements for justice. The Spiritualities Project of the Foundation Museums of Quito conceptualized by María Fernanda […]
Lest anyone think that LGBTIQ rights were accomplished when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, I beg to differ. Read Lynn Sherr’s marvelous biography Sally Ride: American’s First Woman in Space for a reality check. This is a marvelously written, highly informative, and deeply touching story of an American hero who changed […]
