The Swedish religious denomination saw the time as coming to express its sympathy with the one percent of society, transgender people. The Scandinavian country's evangelical denomination has written a letter to transgender people to express their sympathy for the underrepresentation of the LGBTQ+ community in the media. The letter was signed by almost a thousand priests and deacons.

In the opinion of the Church of Sweden, in the last few years the media has provided a platform for ideas that question the existence and rights of transgender people. According to them, these people are rarely seen in any media forum, because they do not allow space for the sexual minority.

In their letter, the representatives of the church also stated that the Bible's view of creation and its biology should be rejected because, according to them, it is full of hatred.

"There are also transgenders among the members of the church, so the church can also be called trans"

- they wrote in their statement, which also states that the church supports women's rights and feminism.

“We regret how the media is treating you, and we do not support a branch of feminism that fights for its rights by restricting the rights of transgender people. With this letter, we want to show that you are not alone, there are many of us and we stand by you"

- says the letter written by the representatives of the church.

In the letter sent by the Scandinavian church denomination, it can also be read that they are no longer turning a blind eye to the conspiracy of radical right-wing Christian groups and transphobic feminists, which aims to suppress minorities and abolish the rights of transgender people.

"We believe in a church and a God that transcends national borders and does not take into account the believer's ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity"

- they emphasize in their statement.

The Church of Sweden has long been committed to the LGBTQ+ community. They have accepted same-sex marriage since 2009, and in recent years the religious community has instructed clergy to use gender-neutral pronouns to refer to God.

Source: hirado.hu

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