TransPreacher Podcast

I Will Be Who I Will Be by Trans Preacher You call Me He As if the whole of My being Could be defined in one pronoun As if Eternity fit into a suit I am not your invention I told Moses From a bush that refused to be consumed, I will be who I will be Yet, you love the mask and hide from the face behind it You worship the portraits but never see my wink You do not know how it hurts stretching across...

Celebrating our metamorphosis on the Feast of Transfiguration Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe

Pete, Let’s talk about fairness. Because clearly, the most unfair element of late stage capitalism is a 14-year-old trans girl trying to join her high school swim team. Meanwhile— Trans people are losing healthcare While doctors are threatened with prison. We are banned from bathrooms, kicked off sports teams, fired for showing up to work The Democratic Party, the epitome of fairness, Loses electi...

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Remembering Dream Johnson Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe

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Testimony given by Deacon Nick Bates at the Ohio Statehouse on June 10, 2025, in response to proposed legislation recognizing “natural families”. Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe

We are in the midst of pride month and now is the time for us to shine. In the political world we live in today, we might feel vulnerable and want to hide our rainbow light. But Jesus says in Matthew 5: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’...

HB 249, “The Indecent Exposure Modernization Act,” lists five specific types of performers that would be banned from performing in public places under the law: * “Topless dancers” * “Go-go dancers” * “Exotic dancers” * “Strippers” * “Performers or entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer’s or entertainer’s biological sex using clothing, makeup, prosthetic or...

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In Chapter Three of TRANSitions I share that Angela Davis speaks about the importance of developing an individual and communal practice of radical self-care. She reflects on her experiencing working for social justice and learning to recognize the need for this practice: For a long time, activists did not necessarily think that it mattered to take care of themselves; in terms of what they eat, in...

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I have just published the result of my doctoral work in this book, TRANSitions-Queering Faith Leadership. This book primarily looks at the gifts gender-diverse people bring to ministry. Instead of being defensive about who we are, this book asks questions like: what unique experiences have we had that particularly equip us to offer spiritual care? As a people who have distinctly experienced transf...

Today we continue our journey through trans+ history week. Saint Marina the Monk, also known as Marinos, is a lesser-known but powerful figure whose story resonates deeply within transgender history. Born in the 5th century in Lebanon, Marina was assigned female at birth but chose to live as a man in order to enter a monastery with their father. Adopting the name Marinos, Marina lived as a monk fo...

Today is the beginning of trans+ history week. Trans+ History Week is a global week-long observance dedicated to celebrating the history of all gender diverse people – including trans, non-binary and Intersex people. This week began with the work of Marty Davies who discovered the historical raid of transgender clinic by the Nazi’s on May 6, 1933. Davies said, “the week they tried to erase us is t...

Welcome to Ohio where the state legislature is continuing its efforts to ban transgender people--to make me illegal. Reintroduced this week, the proposed drag ban. But the actual name of the bill is, the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act. Who is labeled indecent? “Performers or entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer's or entertainer's biological sex using...

Rev William Barber and two others arrested for praying in the Capitol Rotunda against the immoral federal budget Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe

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Everyone wants to be fully known, fully loved, and fully celebrated. But when we take off our masks, some will wish that we put the mask back on. Over the years I have had people say to me that they don’t understand who I am. Yesterday, I got a text from my mom saying the same thing. I don’t understand what that means. I would not dismiss a woman of Color, a senior citizen, or a person from anothe...

Life without Pope Francis feels dark and uncertain. For the last dozen years he challenged the church to be more loving to all people, more like the grace of God that knows no limits. This morning I talked with a Roman Catholic friend of mine that worries for her, and other people’s, inclusion in the church. Pope Francis did a lot to recognize the sacred value of LGBT+ people. From asking, “who am...

Today is Holy Saturday, the quiet space between the execution of Jesus on Friday and the empty tomb on Sunday. Much of our lives are lived in the space between, liminal space The space of the now and the not yet The space between life and death. The space between the notes that shapes the music. Yesterday, over 150 people gathered for Good Trouble Friday in Columbus, Ohio. Fourteen faith leaders s...

Finding myself on the cross The philosopher Rene Girard wrote that societies rely on a scapegoat. Girard argued that when social tensions arise, a scapegoat is identified and blamed, and violence is directed at them, which temporarily restores order. Today is Good Friday. The day Jesus’ was unjustly executed. Jesus was sacrificed by the religious leaders of his day to maintain order and appease em...