Pastoral Care Resources
Beardsley, Christina, and Chris Dowd, with Justin Tanis. Transfaith: A Transgender Pastoral Resource. London, UK: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2018.
—The Transsexual Person Is My Neighbour: Pastoral Guidelines for Christian Clergy, Pastors and Congregations (with an Appendix on Intersex by Michelle O’Brien). Brighton: Gender Trust, 2nd rev. ed. 2007.
Beloved, Arise
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
Support for Black trans people (housing, financial, health, legal, and more)
Millspaugh, Sarah Gibb. “Pastoral Care with Transgender People.” In Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care, edited by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook and Karen B. Montagno, 227-236. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.
Q Christian
PFLAG, offering support and resources for parents of lgbtq+ youth
LGBTQ National Help Center
Trans Lifeline
Peer led organization offering financial and emotional for trans people in crisis
Transmission Ministry Collective
Online community dedicated to spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender and gender-expansive Christians
Resources for nonbinary and transgender Christians
—The Transsexual Person Is My Neighbour: Pastoral Guidelines for Christian Clergy, Pastors and Congregations (with an Appendix on Intersex by Michelle O’Brien). Brighton: Gender Trust, 2nd rev. ed. 2007.
Beloved, Arise
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
Support for Black trans people (housing, financial, health, legal, and more)
Millspaugh, Sarah Gibb. “Pastoral Care with Transgender People.” In Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care, edited by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook and Karen B. Montagno, 227-236. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.
Q Christian
- Relational Guide for Clergy
- Community Groups:
- support groups for parents of LGBTQ+ children, and for LGBTQ+ people holding various identities and in various stages of life, including trans and gender-expansive specific groups.
- content-focused small groups for allies, clergy, parents, queer clergy, trans and gender expansive identities, and small groups focusing on Bible study, sexuality and spirituality, spiritual practices, and more.
- support groups for parents of LGBTQ+ children, and for LGBTQ+ people holding various identities and in various stages of life, including trans and gender-expansive specific groups.
PFLAG, offering support and resources for parents of lgbtq+ youth
LGBTQ National Help Center
- Hotlines for general support, youth, seniors, coming out
- Resources to support self-harm prevention and self-care
- LGBT Near Me National Resource Database
Trans Lifeline
Peer led organization offering financial and emotional for trans people in crisis
Transmission Ministry Collective
Online community dedicated to spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender and gender-expansive Christians
Resources for nonbinary and transgender Christians
- Discord server
- Support groups (Zoom) for trans people of color, partners of trans people, intergenerational support group, general support group, non-binary and gender expansive support group
- Community Hangouts (Zoom)