141: A Story of a Transgender Woman in the Church

Linda Swayne Gifford joins Natasha on this episode of Mormon Mental Health. At the age of 68, Linda came out last fall as transgender. She shares her story with Natasha which includes the effect it had on her family, the church’s response and how all of this accumulated and affected her mental health.

 

References discussed in this episode:

 

The Gender Bread Person

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/03/the-genderbread-person-v2-0/

 

To read the guest blog post Linda wrote, please view it here:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mormontherapist/2018/04/lds-church-why-are-you-afraid-to-minister-to-and-include-transgender-members.html

 

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