Austen Hartke: What Does the Bible Say About Trans People?
A People's Theology
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Is There a Difference Between a Trans and a Bi?
I don't think the Bible says anything about trans folks specifically, like as we understand it today. Not to say that trans people didn't exist in the ancient world because they absolutely did,. But they didn't understand themselves in the way that we understand ourselves today. So a lot of times when we go back to Scripture, things that we wrestle with are like Deuteronomy 25, which says that men shall not wear women's garments and vice versa. And so what does that even mean? We have to really tease apart what's going on there.
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