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TransPreacher Podcast
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Pastor Joelle Henneman (she/her/hers) serves as the pastor of the United Methodist Church for All People. Her passion for ministry comes in widening the circle of God’s love to include all people. TransPreacher is dedicated to offering a transgender view on faith, life, and politics. Follow @TransPreacher transpreacher.substack.com
Episodes
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The Trans Terrorist Threat
All of my life I have heard other people described as threats. First there was the communists. Then, it was the Muslims. All along, it has been immigrants. America seems to be an insecure place that continually thinks some group is out to destroy us. I just never imagined, that group would be me....
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The Denial of Names is the Denial of Humanity
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NDAA Proposed Cuts to Transgender Health Care
Tell Congress: Vote NO on Anti-Trans Amendments to Defense Spending Bill: https://action.transequality.org/a/reject-discriminatory-spending-bill Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox
Reading of Justice Thomas concurrent opinion on this case: The Court correctly holds that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause prohibits States from offering sex- separated athletics. A man does not have a legal right to compete against women just because he believes that he is a…
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Empowered for Pride
Guest post from Camille Bianca Manangan: I just wanted to share something to all of you because this won’t even be possible if not for RMN! For the first time, I was able to walk Pride in my own country as a proud United Methodist. For years, I was afraid to be seen. Afraid to put myself out…
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Freedom Reshapes Lives
Sermon given with the Young Prophet Collective on June 27, 2026 Where do you live? I don’t just mean what country or state or address do you live at, but who’s world do you live in? Do you live in the world of man, of empire, that is corrupted and leads to death. Or, do you live in the kindom of...
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Five Questions with Rev J J Warren
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What does it mean for transgender people to fully belong in the church
Pride Sunday 2026 Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Cam finds a home
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Wisconsin Annual Conference Adopts Trans Rights Resolution
Ben Weger, clergy, Stoughton UMC Board Member, Reconciling Ministries Network Siblings in Christ, I rise to speak in favor of this resolution. I rise, because, for me, this is not an abstraction. It is personal. I am a transgender man. I am also a United Methodist pastor. There was a time when I...
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Five Questions with Rev Dr Izzy Alvaran and Cam Manangan
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Live with TransPreacher: Five Questions with Jo Clifford
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Live with TransPreacher: Five Questions with Rev Chelsea Page
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Off-Script: A Conversation with Joelle Henneman
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Transitional Grace
Today is a day of big feelings. Tomorrow, I have top surgery. Right now, I am swirling with all the emotions of that reality. The feelings are overwhelming, probably fueled by the fact I had to stop taking estrogen weeks ago after having it in my system for the last four years. Nothing like a...
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UMATI Justice Zoom
UMATI Justice Zoom on March 22 with Maj Emma Webb Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Trans Day of Visibility Conversation
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Sermon given to the Church of the Young Prophets
Intersectionality is a word that has become a great source of hope for me. At its core, intersectionality is the recognition that our lives are not shaped by just one identity or one struggle, but by many overlapping realities. Race, gender, class, sexuality, immigration status, disability, all…
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HB 249 Testimony
Chairman Thomas, Vice Chair Swearingen, Ranking Member Synenberg, and members of the House Judiciary Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Rev Dr Joelle Henneman, my pronouns are she/her, and I am the pastor of the United Methodist Church for All People here in...
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Outlawing Trans Healthcare
On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling that could have major consequences for transgender health care. The court allowed West Virginia to exclude gender-affirming surgery from Medicaid, arguing that banning a category of procedures is not...
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Believe
In the Gospel of John, Jesus meets a woman at a well in Samaria. She is unnamed, marginalized, and socially isolated. The text tells us she had been married five times and now lives with someone who is not her husband. Whatever the exact details of her life, the story presents her as someone…
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This is America 2026
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS DIFFICULT CONTENT. DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE TRIGGERED BY SCENES OF VIOLENCE AND POLICE BRUTALITY Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Living in darkness
How do we respond to the darkness of the world we are living in today? Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Joy Ladin Presentation to United Methodist Alliance for Transgender Inclusion
Watch Joy Ladin’s talk to United Methodist Alliance for Transgender Inclusion (UMATI). Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Sermon: Transgender Day of Remembrance
If you are in Central Ohio, join us for tonight’s Transgender Day of Remembrance Service on November 20, 2025 at 7pm at King Avenue United Methodist Church OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY A Sermon for Transgender Day of Remembrance Hebrews 11:1–16 Good afternoon. My name is Joelle Henneman, my...
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Sermon: Joy of Giving
Sermon preached at the United Methodist Church for All People on the Joy of Giving. Support the ministries of Church for All People with a gift to https://c4ap.churchtrac.com/give Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Trans Lives Maced
In yesterday’s post I talked about Rene Girard and the cycle of violence. This week violence has been written into law. Representative Nancy Mace has introduced an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that would prohibit TRICARE from covering gender-affirming care. That means people like…
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Silencing Mary
Today the church calendar remembers St. Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome and one of the so-called “Doctors of the Church.” Gregory is remembered for his leadership, his writings, and his influence on shaping the medieval church. But he is also remembered for something else. In the year 591,...
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Poem: I Will Be Who I Will Be
I Will Be Who I Will Be by Trans Preacher You call Me He As if the whole of My being Could be defined in one pronoun As if Eternity fit into a suit I am not your invention I told Moses From a bush that refused to be consumed, I will be who I will be Yet, you love the mask and hide from the face...
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Transfigured to Shine
Celebrating our metamorphosis on the Feast of Transfiguration Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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The Serious Fairness Issue
Pete, Let’s talk about fairness. Because clearly, the most unfair element of late stage capitalism is a 14-year-old trans girl trying to join her high school swim team. Meanwhile— Trans people are losing healthcare While doctors are threatened with prison. We are banned from bathrooms, kicked off...
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Click Bait: Ohio's Transgender Bigotry
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Dream Johnson: Say Her Name
Remembering Dream Johnson Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Sermon: Queerfully and Wonderfully Made
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Revelation is a Drag Wedding
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Wisdom in Drag: Jesus as the Feminine Nature of God
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What is Pride?
Testimony given by Deacon Nick Bates at the Ohio Statehouse on June 10, 2025, in response to proposed legislation recognizing “natural families”. Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Shine with your God color
We are in the midst of pride month and now is the time for us to shine. In the political world we live in today, we might feel vulnerable and want to hide our rainbow light. But Jesus says in Matthew 5: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be...
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Sacred Indecency
HB 249, “The Indecent Exposure Modernization Act,” lists five specific types of performers that would be banned from performing in public places under the law: * “Topless dancers” * “Go-go dancers” * “Exotic dancers” * “Strippers” * “Performers or entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that…
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West Ohio Annual Conference: Love Wins
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Medicaid Cuts-Whatsoever You Do to the Least of These
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TRANSitions: Radical Self Care
In Chapter Three of TRANSitions I share that Angela Davis speaks about the importance of developing an individual and communal practice of radical self-care. She reflects on her experiencing working for social justice and learning to recognize the need for this practice: For a long time…
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TRANSitions: Divine Calling
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Book Published: TRANSitions-Queering Faith Leadership
I have just published the result of my doctoral work in this book, TRANSitions-Queering Faith Leadership. This book primarily looks at the gifts gender-diverse people bring to ministry. Instead of being defensive about who we are, this book asks questions like: what unique experiences have we had...
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trans+ history week: Saint Marina
Today we continue our journey through trans+ history week. Saint Marina the Monk, also known as Marinos, is a lesser-known but powerful figure whose story resonates deeply within transgender history. Born in the 5th century in Lebanon, Marina was assigned female at birth but chose to live as a…
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trans+ history week: Elagabulus
Today is the beginning of trans+ history week. Trans+ History Week is a global week-long observance dedicated to celebrating the history of all gender diverse people – including trans, non-binary and Intersex people. This week began with the work of Marty Davies who discovered the historical raid...
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Indecent: Banning Trans People in Public
Welcome to Ohio where the state legislature is continuing its efforts to ban transgender people--to make me illegal. Reintroduced this week, the proposed drag ban. But the actual name of the bill is, the Indecent Exposure Modernization Act. Who is labeled indecent? “Performers or entertainers who...
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This is America: Barber Arrested for Prayer
Rev William Barber and two others arrested for praying in the Capitol Rotunda against the immoral federal budget Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe
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Scars of Strength
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It is okay for you to be you
Everyone wants to be fully known, fully loved, and fully celebrated. But when we take off our masks, some will wish that we put the mask back on. Over the years I have had people say to me that they don’t understand who I am. Yesterday, I got a text from my mom saying the same thing. I don’t...
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Pastor Joelle Henneman (she/her/hers) serves as the pastor of the United Methodist Church for All People. Her passion for ministry comes in widening the circle of God’s love to include all people. TransPreacher is dedicated to offering a transgender view on faith, life, and politics. Follow @TransPreacher
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