Mormon Church Broadens Restrictions for Transgender Members
The New York Times
The new guidance prohibits those pursuing gender transition from working with children, and bans baptism for those who have transitioned both medically and socially.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expanded its restrictions on transgender members, issuing new guidance that includes prohibiting people who pursue transition from working with children.
The guidance, part of a sweeping update last week to the church’s General Handbook, a set of instructions and policies for leaders and members, also newly bars people from being baptized even if they have transitioned only socially, by changing their appearance, name or pronouns.
“Church leaders counsel against pursuing surgical, medical, or social transition away from one’s biological sex at birth,” the handbook states.
The changes drew condemnation from transgender Latter-day Saints and their supporters.
A longtime support group for current and former L.G.B.T.Q. church members, Leaders of Affirmation, said in a statement that before the latest restrictions transgender members of the church “could expect their gender identities to be respected through the use of their chosen names, to participate in church meetings aligning with their gender identities, and to have some opportunities to be called to serve within the Church.”
They added, “We hope that God will yet reveal better for our transgender siblings.”
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