WHERE SEXUALITY IS GOING: Bishop Robinson Predicts the Future "Conversation"
WHERE SEXUALITY IS GOING: Bishop Robinson Predicts the Future "Conversation"
News Analysis
By Gary L'Hommedieu in Indianapolis
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 6, 2012
"As strange as gay felt, transgendered feels even stranger."
As I stood chatting at the exhibit for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, I heard a voice over a portable PA system at the Integrity exhibit directly behind me. The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson had just begun a speech promoting a new Integrity video -- "Voices of Witness: Out of the Box" -- described as "a groundbreaking documentary giving voice to the witness of transgender people of faith courageously sharing their stories of hope, healing and wholeness."
A small crowd of admirers sat or stood with star struck expressions and knowing smiles, certain that they were sharing in an epiphany privy only to souls on the cutting edge of history.
Bishop Robinson shared off-the-cuff reflections on the place of the transgendered community in the unfolding "conversation" on human sexuality. He recounted the evolving "alphabet soup" of sexuality: first the Gay community came out calling for acceptance; then the Lesbian community demanded similar recognition. Not to be left out of the mix, the Bisexual community added itself to the ranks of the sexually alienated.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
News Analysis
By Gary L'Hommedieu in Indianapolis
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 6, 2012
"As strange as gay felt, transgendered feels even stranger."As I stood chatting at the exhibit for the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, I heard a voice over a portable PA system at the Integrity exhibit directly behind me. The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson had just begun a speech promoting a new Integrity video -- "Voices of Witness: Out of the Box" -- described as "a groundbreaking documentary giving voice to the witness of transgender people of faith courageously sharing their stories of hope, healing and wholeness."
A small crowd of admirers sat or stood with star struck expressions and knowing smiles, certain that they were sharing in an epiphany privy only to souls on the cutting edge of history.
Bishop Robinson shared off-the-cuff reflections on the place of the transgendered community in the unfolding "conversation" on human sexuality. He recounted the evolving "alphabet soup" of sexuality: first the Gay community came out calling for acceptance; then the Lesbian community demanded similar recognition. Not to be left out of the mix, the Bisexual community added itself to the ranks of the sexually alienated.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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