Trans Men of Jesus Time — Yes, This Was a Thing and No, He Did Not Condemn This

Evangelicals like you to think the trans concept is newly created and would have been condemned by Jesus. The trans community was not condemned by Jesus.

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People often think of religion as an institution that only validates binary gender norms.

While it is true that some religions have centralized cisgender, heterosexual male experiences, not all faiths are heteronormative.

Christianity, in particular, has a long and complex history with regards to gender, as evidenced by the many trans men who were present during the time of Jesus.

Let’s Go to the Source

Acts 8:27–39 Philip and the Ethiopian

27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopiana]” s eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you…