Here to test the waters for my trans son
Dear United Church, I love someone who identifies as LGTB2SQ?. Thank you for being proactive and willing to stand up for making a place...
Sharing stories is powerful!
1988 I read your story. What a difficult journey you’ve had. It makes me sad that you suffered so, and makes me wonder, under similar...
1988: A deeper understanding
I was there in 1988 and I remember it as a very challenging and divisive time in our church. The church we were attending at the time had...
There is No Normal (a poem by Richard B.)
used to think for the longest time was taught knee high to a grasshopper on a parent’s lap reinforced in school on TV, in church and the...
You were my dream church
Dear United Church, I want you to know that you were my dream church. I remember in 1998 I was a high school student overseas* and many...
Because of my church I was prepared to welcome my trans grandchild
Kai, I have heard your story and it broke my heart. I have one grandchild who was identified as a boy from birth. During the past few...
Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open doors.
I have always struggled with the concept of “Sunday Christian”; those people that come to a place of worship, stay for the service, act...
Who do you think you are? A poem by Min-Goo K.
Who do you think you are When you think you can judge people by appearances? What do we mean when we say “I know so and so”? We, all of...
From Tessa Whitecloud
My Sunday School teacher or YUCh as we called it (Youth of United Church) was the first adult I told I was queer. As a 12 year old (year...
I would like to apologize to God
I am intersex, bisexual & transgender, and I would like to apologize to God. I grew up in another orthodox Christian community and we...
