Gender transition is a lengthy, complex process, fraught with legal, social and financial difficulties. A Canadian ruling that proof of genital surgery is not a precondition for the legal recognition of one’s new gender, removes one important difficulty, for those…
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Canadian Lutherans Approve LGBT Clergy, Blessing Same-Sex Marriages
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has followed the example of their US counterparts two years ago, and voted to approve openly gay or lesbian clergy. On gay marriage, they have moved ahead of the USA, and voted to…
Church Blessings for Same Sex Unions in Toronto
There is no longer any doubt in my mind that widepread, formal recognition by Chrisitan churches of same-sex unions, by liturgical rites in church, is on the way – one small step at a time. One of these small steps…
Anglican Inclusion as Toronto Welcomes the Queen – and the “Queens”.
By a happy chance, the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Toronto on Saturday coincided with Toronto’s Pride parade later the same day. Joining the crowd were two gay men, Randy Pierce and Kim Hutchinson, who had just met a week…
