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New transgender education resource for churches from NGLTF's Inst for Welcoming Resources
New transgender education resource for churches from the Institute for Welcoming Resources
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
MEDIA CONTACT:
Pedro Julio Serrano
Communications Coordinator
(Office) 646.358.1479
(Cell) 787.602.5954
(e-mail to:pserrano@theTaskFor ce.org)
New transgender education resource for churches from the Institute for Welcoming Resources
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, today announced the release of transACTION, a new curriculum designed for churches and religious institutions to help congregants and members understand and welcome transgender persons into their congregations and faith settings.
"Too often transgender people looking for a place to worship can't find one to call their spiritual home because most congregations and religious institutions are not ready to welcome them as their companions in faith," says the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Institute for Welcoming Resources and faith work director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Yet, many transgender people of faith are searching for the same things that other believers want: a loving community where worship and working for equality and justice are the focus of their faith experience."
transACTION is designed to help churches and institutions address this issue of understanding and welcome by providing step-by-step training about the needs, apprehensions and fears of transgender people -- as well as the wealth of gifts and graces they bring -- while responding to the concerns of the church or religious institution.
The program can be used in three sessions:
How Do We Get to Understanding,
How Do We Get to Acceptance, and
How Do We Get to Welcoming.
All sessions include discussions and activities to go along with the information provided in the curriculum.
"We tried to make this a learning experience that would go beyond just the basics of gender identity and gender expression in order to give participants an understanding of the issues and concerns that transgender people have when trying to express their faith and spirituality in a church or any religious
setting," says Barbara Satin, author of the curriculum and a transgender advocate around issues of faith and aging.
transACTION is available for download from the Institute of Welcoming Resources Web site at http://www.welcomingresources.org/
____________ _________ _________ __
The Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) is a program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, whose purpose is to achieve the full acceptance and participation of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the church. IWR,20located in Minneapolis,
Minn., provides resources and programs to support the welcoming church movement and develops coalitions to broaden the results of its work in a wide variety of faith groups.
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up. We do this by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and by building the organizational capacity of our movement.
Our Policy Institute, the movement's premier think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to counter right-wing lies.
As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and Cambridge. The Task Force is a 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated in Washington, D.C. Contributions to the Task Force are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. (C) 2007
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
1325 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202.393.5177.
Fax 202.393.2241.
TTY 202.393.2284.
(mail to:theTaskForce@ theTaskForce. org) .
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
MEDIA CONTACT:
Pedro Julio Serrano
Communications Coordinator
(Office) 646.358.1479
(Cell) 787.602.5954
(e-mail to:pserrano@theTaskFor ce.org)
New transgender education resource for churches from the Institute for Welcoming Resources
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, today announced the release of transACTION, a new curriculum designed for churches and religious institutions to help congregants and members understand and welcome transgender persons into their congregations and faith settings.
"Too often transgender people looking for a place to worship can't find one to call their spiritual home because most congregations and religious institutions are not ready to welcome them as their companions in faith," says the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Institute for Welcoming Resources and faith work director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Yet, many transgender people of faith are searching for the same things that other believers want: a loving community where worship and working for equality and justice are the focus of their faith experience."
transACTION is designed to help churches and institutions address this issue of understanding and welcome by providing step-by-step training about the needs, apprehensions and fears of transgender people -- as well as the wealth of gifts and graces they bring -- while responding to the concerns of the church or religious institution.
The program can be used in three sessions:
How Do We Get to Understanding,
How Do We Get to Acceptance, and
How Do We Get to Welcoming.
All sessions include discussions and activities to go along with the information provided in the curriculum.
"We tried to make this a learning experience that would go beyond just the basics of gender identity and gender expression in order to give participants an understanding of the issues and concerns that transgender people have when trying to express their faith and spirituality in a church or any religious
setting," says Barbara Satin, author of the curriculum and a transgender advocate around issues of faith and aging.
transACTION is available for download from the Institute of Welcoming Resources Web site at http://www.welcomingresources.org/
____________ _________ _________ __
The Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR) is a program of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, whose purpose is to achieve the full acceptance and participation of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the church. IWR,20located in Minneapolis,
Minn., provides resources and programs to support the welcoming church movement and develops coalitions to broaden the results of its work in a wide variety of faith groups.
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up. We do this by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and by building the organizational capacity of our movement.
Our Policy Institute, the movement's premier think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to counter right-wing lies.
As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and Cambridge. The Task Force is a 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated in Washington, D.C. Contributions to the Task Force are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. (C) 2007
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
1325 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202.393.5177.
Fax 202.393.2241.
TTY 202.393.2284.
(mail to:theTaskForce@ theTaskForce. org) .