Transgender Perspectives on the Bible

About this episode

The episode discusses transgender interpretations of the Bible and their relevance in today's political climate.

Why turn to the Bible to look for insights on transgender people and gender variation, especially when so many anti-trans people use the Bible to justify bigotry? Joseph Marchal and Melissa Harl Sellew, two editors of the book Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture, join us to discuss what it means to do a trans interpretation of the Bible. What does the Bible have to say about gender variance? Why should cisgender people care about transgender interpretations of the Bible? And, as anti-trans rhetoric and policies proliferate, what can thinking about transgender people, the Bible, and religion help us with right now in today’s political climate?

People in this episode

Guests: Joseph Marchal, Melissa Harl Sellew

Topics covered

• transgender interpretation
• Bible
• gender variance
• religion
• political climate
• anti-trans rhetoric

Keywords

• transgender
• Bible
• gender variation
• interpretation
• religion
• anti-trans
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture

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