TransEpiscopal
LightNews LightNews
banner
transepiscopal.bsky.social
TransEpiscopal
@transepiscopal.bsky.social
790 followers 560 following 110 posts
TransEpiscopal is a group of transgender, nonbinary, & allied Episcopalians dedicated to fostering the full embrace of trans and nonbinary people within the Episcopal Church and to inspiring faith-based advocacy on trans and nonbinary concerns.
Posts Replies Media Videos
transepiscopal.bsky.social
On Nov. 20 and thru the week, Episcopal churches nationwide will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize transgender individuals and to raise awareness of violence against trans people. #TDOR ⚓️

episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/11/19/e...
A candlelight vigil at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky, memorializes transgender individuals who’ve been targeted or murdered for being who they are. Nov. 20, 2023. Photo: John Nation
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
An open letter from the Episcopal Consultation to the Episcopal Church on the accord with former bishop John Howard.

www.theepiscopalconsultation.org/an-open-lett...
Link to text of letter: https://www.theepiscopalconsultation.org/an-open-letter-to-the-episcopal-church Link to text of letter: https://www.theepiscopalconsultation.org/an-open-letter-to-the-episcopal-church
October 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Thank you to Episcopal News Service for honoring the Rev. Vicki Gray with this story about her path-breaking life and ministry:

episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/08/12/r...

⚓️
Photo of the Rev. Dr. Vicki Gray, deacon in the Episcopal Church, who died on August 3 at the age of 86. Vicki was the first openly trans person to be ordained in the Diocese of California (San Francisco Bay Area), in 2006. In this posed photograph taken from her Facebook page, she wearing a black blouse and baby-blue knitted cardigan sweater, a blue-and-white necklace and earrings. She has blond hair and a broad smile as she looks directly at the camera.
August 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
We are so sad to have lost our comrade the Rev. Dr. Vicki Gray over the weekend. She was a dear friend, fierce advocate, devoted deacon, and member of our Steering Committee for many years. We lift up our friend with gratitude for her life and witness. ⚓️

www.transepiscopal.org/blog/remembe...
Deacon Vicki Gray stands, smiling broadly, amidst a crowd of fellow advocates for LGBTQ inclusion at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Anaheim in 2009. Vicki is wearing a bright green shirt with white lettering that says: HERE I AM SEND ME! I am a witness to God’s inclusive love The others in crowd are wearing similar tshirts in bright green, red, and blue colors.
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
This afternoon several trans clergy & allies from the Episcopal Diocese of California rallied with others outside Stanford Medical Center protesting “compliance in advance” with Trump admin demands to curtail care for people under 19, against medical evidence. ⚓️

wwwsfchronicle.com/health/artic...
Trans and allied Episcopal clergy rally outside Stanford Medical Center. There are four adults in the photo, all wearing clerical collars; two are holding hand-lettered signs in pink and blue that say “Trans Rights Are Human Rights.” A crowd of several hundred people is gathered outside Stanford Medical Center for a rally for trans health care on July 14, 2025; several folks are holding signs and one is waving a pink and blue flag. The rally is in response to Stanford’s abrupt decision to curtail certain health care procedures for trans youth and young adults under age 19, apparently in response to political pressure and against current medical standards.
July 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
A beautiful evening with the Episcopal Diocese of California at the Trans March SF ⚓️
An Episcopal priest celebrates communion on the sidewalk in front of the Franciscan friary near Dolores Park, San Francisco, ahead of the Trans March SF, June 27, 2005. The congregation is gathered around a small table with bread and a chalice; a Progress Pride flag flies above the door of the friary. About twenty Episcopalians are gathered in front of the friary with signs supporting the Trans March SF: “You Are Beloved. No Exceptions;” “Respect the Dignity of Every Human Being;” and homemade signs. Another view of the crowd — eighteen or so Episcopalians gathered ahead of the Trans March SF with signs and colorful garb. Many smiles! A view of the Trans March SF, with Episcopalians carrying signs and marching together: “Trans is Sacred,” “You are Beloved,” “Some People Are Trans. Get Over It,” “Trans Rights are Human Rights.”
June 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Notes for Pride weekend - a number of Episcopal clergy and lay folks were be present at a rally led by trans youth at San Francisco City Hall last night. Today we join the SF Trans March, starting with a Eucharist at 4:45pm outside the friary (573 Dolores) on Dolores Park. All welcome! ⚓️
About a dozen Episcopal clergy and laity gathered at a rally for trans health care outside San Francisco City Hall, June 26, 2026. Some are wearing clergy collars and several are dressed in shades of pink and blue. They are holding handmade and printed signs reading “Beloved,” “Trans is Sacred,” and “You Are Beloved / No Exceptions / The Episcopal Church in the Bay Area,” decorated in blue and pink and Pride Progress flag colors
June 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Our response to the Supreme Court Skrmetti ruling today.

Stand with us.

⚓️🏳️‍⚧️

📸 credit: @jackjenkins.me, @RNS

www.transepiscopal.org/blog/in-resp...
Episcopal priest the Rev. M. E. Eccles stands in front of the Supreme Court on the day of oral argument on the Skrmetti caseñ, December 4, 2024. He is wearing a hat, a clerical color, a colorful stole, and white t-shirt with black lettering: This is What a Trans Priest Looks Like. He is standing in a crowd with placards and flags. Behind him is the Supreme Court building. Photo credit: Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service
June 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Starting in just a few minutes! — 3pm PT / 6pm ET

The Episcopal Church will celebrate a Pride Eucharist with Blessing and Commissioning. Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe presiding and the Rev. Cameron Partridge preaching.

m.facebook.com/events/72847...
Episcopal Church shield with Progress Pride colors; text says: Pride Eucharist with Blessing and Commissioning Chapel of Christ the Lord 815 2nd Ave, New York and Streaming Online Sunday, June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Join us! Sunday, June 1 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT — a service to bless and commission Episcopalians who will share God's love at Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ events across the church.

TransEpiscopal’s own The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge will preach and Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will preside. ⚓️

facebook.com/events/s/pri...
Episcopal shield in progress Pride colors with the words: Pride Eucharist with Blessing and Commissioning Chapel of Christ the Lord 815 2nd Ave, New York and Streaming Online Sunday, June 1, 2025
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ resources are now available from the Episcopal Church ahead of June 2025! Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will be blessing Episcopal Pride events in a live-streamed June 1 event. ⚓️

Read more here:

mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
Episcopal Church Pride shield: the traditional Episcopal Church shield is rendered in rainbow colors plus trans colors of pink and blue and also progress colors of black and brown.
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Join the Episcopal Public Policy Network for the first in a new series: “The Episcopal Church in Conversation With...” with the Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge (he/him), an openly trans Episcopal priest, theologian, spouse&dad, founding member of TransEpiscopal. ⚓️🏳️‍⚧️

Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Photo of the Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge, wearing glasses and clerical collar, smiling. Text on the image says: In conversation with the Rev. Cameron Partridge (TransEpiscopal), Friday, May 23rd, 1:00-1:30pm EST, The Episcopal Church
May 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
“The notion that the Rev. Pauli Murray’s lived experience as a Southerner, and work as a Black, gender non-confirming civil, women’s and human rights activist is against national interest, and essentially un-American, is abhorrent …”

⚓️

episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/04/24/p...
The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, wearing a clerical collar, sits at a desk, pencil in hand, surrounded by books and papers.
April 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Look at this ✨beautiful✨ photo of the trans and non-binary lay and clergy leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia’s #TDOV #TDOV2025 service at St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish, Seattle, Washington, on April 12, 2025.
Six trans and non-binary clergy and lay leaders for a Transgender Day of Visibility service stand in front of the altar of St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish in Seattle, Washington, on April 12, 2025. The priests are wearing colorful stoles, and everyone is smiling.
April 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Subversive Joy — sermon (link to audio thanks to Grace Cathedral and full text) preached by the Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco for #TDOV 2025.

Thank you, Episcopal Church, for showing up today and in these times.

⚓️

www.transepiscopal.org/blog/subvers...
Soaring Grace Cathedral (Episcopal) in San Francisco, with Progress Pride rainbow flag steps leading up to the cathedral in the foreground.
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
✨new liturgical resources✨ for Trans Day of Visibility, celebrated on or around March 31.

This is a collaboration between TransEpiscopal and APLM. We intend for this resource to be used in flexible ways and we would love to hear how you used them!

www.transepiscopal.org/blog/prayers...
In the foreground is a blue, pink, and white trans flag; in the background, more blurry, is the rainbow Pride flag.
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
transepiscopal.bsky.social
Thank you, Grace Cathedral and DioCal!
View of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California, looking up the great steps which are painted in LGBTQ Pride colors, along with a banner that says: NONBINARY SHE/HER -LESBIAN THEY/THEM BISEXUAL GAY TRANS HE/HIM INTERSPIRIT QUEER LGBTQIA+ GOD LOVES EVERYONE WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
March 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM