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The Church of England: Welcoming Transgender People?

Jan 29, 2018 - Dr Rob Clucas, who lectures in law at the Unoversity of Hull, challenges the CofE House of Bishops’ decision that a new liturgy to mark the transition of a transgender person is not needed:

In response to the Church of England House of Bishops’ announcement last week that a new liturgy to mark the transition of a transgender person is not needed, despite the overwhelming support of General Synod in July 2017 to ‘consider preparing nationally commended liturgical materials to mark a person's gender transition’, a lecturer on Christianity and issues of gender and sexual equality has published an article challenging this decision.

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Ex-racing Driver Among First Transgender Ballet Dancers To Sit Prestigious Royal Academy of Dance Exam

April 17, 2017 - A former racing driver from North Yorkshire has become one of the first openly transgender ballet students to pass a Royal Academy of Dance ballet exam.

Sophie Rebecca*, 35, trained for her "intermediate foundation" qualification, the dance equivalent of an AS level exam, for over a year after quitting dance for a number of years.

She began learning to dance as a man at 17, but was expelled after the teacher learnt of her struggle with gender identity, she told the Times.

Read more on the Telegraph