This is actually a great question. One slight correction, though...being trans isn't a "worldview", and there's no singular "worldview" held by all trans people.

But, I often take flak from the more fundamentalist progressives because I do genuinely believe one can be loving and

https://twitter.com/DrFrankTurek/status/1780566887463612486

"non-affirming". So, if @DrFrankTurek is being sincere in truly trying to answer this question, I'll gladly offer my two cents.

1) Be kind - we know you already disagree with us, so sitting there and calling us by other names (I can't tell you how many times I get called Nate"

I "deconstructed" before it was even a term that I'd ever heard. I didn't destroy my faith. I tore down the facade of fundamentalism and found a more beautiful, ancient faith. Then, without realizing, I found myself reconstructing that fundamentalist facade but, this time, with a progressive veneer. That's been torn down now.

In some ways I'm more "conservative". I have discovered a faith that didn't just begin w/ the Reformation, and have leaned into the ancient church and the creeds. I have found a more eclectic faith not tied to ideological labels,

I increasingly hear my fellow Christians defend the harsh correction of others. "Oppressors/privileged don't get to demand gentleness".

But, as Christians, our sacred texts actually address this very issue:

"The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, patient when wronged, with GENTLENESS correcting those who are in opposition".

"What do you desire? That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of GENTLENESS?"

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

This will be the last I comment on the events of recent days here.

For those angry with me, you have to understand something about me. Yes, I am a trans woman. That is not the center of my identity. First and foremost, I am a Christian. My faith is absolutely central to my life. My faith drives my interactions. I fall short, as I have recently, in handling hatred in a loving way, but I will always put my faith ahead of my transness.

"But how dare you call for grace towards our "oppressors"?!" Well, I'll tell you how. I am called to be an imitator of

It's been a day, so a reminder:

I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered

Yes, I deactivated my account earlier. I am only reactivating it because I remembered I am trying to work on a book pitch.

That said, the past few days...the past few months...have been an absolute nightmare on here. They've shown me who I can trust, and who I cannot. But one thing I did realize when talking with @heatherdwhovian here at lunch was the difference in treatment I've received since removing references to being trans from my bio.

What started out as an experiment directed at the Right, turned out showing me so much about the Left on here.

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate people like @LauraRbnsn, @ZachWLambert, @RobynJunia, @johnnarae, @freedomsbride, @kaylajohnsonatl, @RuffledByGrace, @TwichellSydney, @kristenmcknight, @AmyEBurdett1 and @transvangelical.

I know I missed some others who have come to my defense lately, or been an ear to vent to in DMs, but I just wanted you to know how deeply grateful I am. How deeply grateful I am if you came to my defense these past few days and your name isn't listed above.

It's easy to QT me after the fact and apologize for not speaking up.

Waking up to a mass of notifications from unhinged progressive fundamentalists is why I no longer engage in activism here. Their "activism" is so damn angry and performative.

I relayed a personal story to highlight that we felt welcomed in churches that one may not expect, while we didn't in one that people would have expected. We didn't feel unwelcome because we are a queer family. It was that not a single person ever said a word to us. We've been to an Eastern Orthodox church like that before as well.

It doesn't make them bad people. They just weren't

The responses to this have been eye-opening. The number of allies who are grateful for the slightest bit of grace is telling.

So, a 🧵regarding my future in online advocacy. Anytime I speak about "progressive fundamentalism", I get pushback from some because they think the term

https://twitter.com/natgrace79/status/1694335538344456652

is contradictory. But it is not. The demand for rigid adherence to progressive dogma is really no different than what we see from the fundamentalist right. On the right, we see a great example in the way shame is weaponized and packaged as "purity culture".

But we see the same

Blessed Trinity Sunday...

I believe in One God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages.

Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father, through whom all things were made.

Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became Man.

He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and