The Experiences of Transgender Anglicans in the Eucharistic Liturgy
Abstract
This study asked how transgender Anglicans respond to God’s action in the Eucharistic liturgy. Transgender Christians may have different experiences in faith than our cisgender peers, which influences the way in which we respond to God and to God’s action in the liturgy.
Over the course of the study, I interviewed seven transgender Anglicans from three geographic regions (Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Using semi-structured interview questions, I spoke to the participants about their experiences in the Eucharistic liturgy and how it related to their sense of God’s action. I then analysed the contents of the interviews to produce nine emerging themes. Finally, I brought these themes into conversation with liturgical theology and Baptismal Ecclesiology.
The main finding of this study was that the study participants had developed an approach to the Eucharistic liturgy and faith in general that was heavily focused on the mystical and relational.