AZStarNet.com – By Stephanie Innes – Arizona Daily Star
The word “transgender” does not appear in the Bible. Save a few references to women in masculine clothing and vice versa, it’s hard to know whether Scripture says anything at all about people who change their sexual identity.
Interpreting the Bible as it relates to gender-variant people is one of 80 workshops that will take place this week during an international conference in Tucson, titled “Transgender 2008,” which begins Tuesday.
About 350 people are expected to attend the conference, an annual event sponsored by the Massachusetts-based International Foundation for Gender Education. The event is in its 22nd year, and this its first time in Arizona.