Trans Day of Visibility 2025

Greetings, Beloved Christ the King Community,

Today I am handing the Pastor's Desk over to Lisa Miller in celebration of Trans Day of Visibility.  You may have noticed many of us wearing a pin in worship yesterday that looked like a flag with light blue, pink, and white.  This is the Transgender Pride Flag.  Many of us, including your pastor, have transgender family and friends who we love and support.  I am grateful to Lisa for sharing her perspective with us on Trans Day of Visibility.  Please read her message and thank her for contributing her voice within our spiritual home.

In solidarity,
Pastor Jennifer

Today on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) to raise awareness about transgender people.It’s one day we can celebrate the lives of transgender people, while still acknowledging that due to discrimination, not every trans person can or wants to be visible.

Evident in 2025 is intensifying backlash toward trans people, be it through legislative measures, to direct physical violence, declared an epidemic by the American Medical Association every year since 2019.

That’s why it’s still necessary for trans people to be seen through authentic, diverse, and accurate stories which reflect the actual lived experiences of trans people; both for themselves and for the people who love them.

Often, many of you have approached me seeking advice about a trans loved one. I’m not sure I always have the answers you’re looking for: “How can I help my son / daughter / grandson / granddaughter / nephew / niece / neighbor?” But I am certain that, as a community, Christ the King does have those answers within us all!

Unquestionably, passages like the Psalms demonstrate that God welcomes our probing questions, problems, and cries. But alongside the Psalms, the book of Jonah reminds us that God’s knowledge is beyond us and his acts of love are extensive beyond our imaginations! We have only to ask what type of community we want to be. Because this is about us, about who we are as a community, how we support and nurture each other.

Let’s take this one day of the entire year to look at ourselves and those around us, and reflect on how we can — as the prophet Isaiah exhorts — learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Lisa Miller, CTK Member