A Trans Faith Devotional
My God, My God why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?Psalm 22.1
I find myself turning back to this verse these last few weeks as attacks on the transgender community (specifically trans youth) ramp up. There are currently 82 proposed laws targeting trans youth and we are only one-quarter through the year. These laws have their source in so many areas: bigotry, dominance, patriarchy, misogyny. It is a type of xenophobia. People develop such fear of others who do not look exactly like them and think exactly like them that they want to legislate anyone who transgresses their ideology out of public life.
I come back to this verse because it speaks to where I am now. We talk so much about the long arc of history and its movement toward justice. And, though they are rousing words, they speak to a not-yet place too distant from the pain we are feeling now. We are afraid now and under attack now and fighting for our existence now.
