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somebody seen soft, marked either confident damage from klein of kent on. i think every trans person feels the longing from an early age and my own memories. go back to my earliest childhood. i knew somehow that i ticked a bit differently to management, but it was also clear to me from a very young age because that i had to keep this a secret. i couldn't share it with my parents does. so on top of these feelings of shame about my thoughts and emotions, i felt alone in the world and dummy a sense that it wasn't normal to desire what i want it. so i must be a weirdo is false. then when i was at university, i searched the library for books on transsexuality, but there weren't any. the only thing i found was a book called sexual perversions. and it had a chapter on transsexuality, which told me i was a pervert of that shame to me. and was paint health visits, pilot cuts possess fell broom

ah, elk has crises played out in this rural area of northwest and germany close to the dutch border, where the life of the farming community is still largely shaped by tradition. ah, the vintage of halden is home to some 5000 people. elk hash merkel was one of them. ah, this was the church where she served for more than 20 years as lutheran pastor. not as elca bought as hon scout speckle. she was married and lived with her wife and children in the parsonage, but at some point she could no longer bear the attention and in a village,

you can't keep something like that a secret doth my daughter does. im though a village life means every one taking an interest in every thing that happens is i really enjoyed that. but of course it also had its downside for and or when my change took place with god, the whole village got involved and gossip about me under glass. it was like as soon army breaking over me on, that's the downside. that one must ex average because i did it was my done often kaufman. rumors were right that the pastor had been seen wearing women's clothing that he was going to have a sex change operation. most people in the village didn't know what to make events to day a for casting, a volunteer, grief counselor, accent al cush burgles decision. but she felt uneasy at 1st. only her and it is beside miss simon. i'm what done only her scrap considered floor full configuration

. if i had to describe my feelings up, i say insecure was often that been a lot of rumors. i was on visiting duty husky when han scout to return from vacation, come with plucked, eyebrows and polished finger nails on it. and i thought, what's, what's going on here? and he helped me 1st and kept his time about, i'd never had a trunk gender. people remembered that a woman could be trapped in a man's body or vice versa. as tom said, no, i had no idea as that one. urged asthma fall. that's what made it so strange it can . i don't come to the sneak aunt and dances were frankly, he'll soon. it was the only topic of conversation in the village was wrong with the pastor cartier should sir berkin hoff was one of the few parishioners who wasn't rattled, body the pastor had supported her through a painful period when her husband was dying. it's what elca was known and loved for . she was always there when the parishioners needed her. now she needed their

support. he had the dominique, i'm probably, i didn't see a problem for me. she was always a person. and that hasn't changed in whether it was hands garrett or elca. it has always been the same personally, both a guy here but not everybody was as tolerant at accepting as katy assured, sir berkin. half some parishioners were so disgusted that they left the church in protest. does tug thee that hurt? it really hurt? and it wound at me that people turned away from me so vehemently on. people with whom i had had a good relationship with whom i talked from you also members of my family who severed all contact with me from one day to the next. that was very hurtful and hard to stomach them. elca had served the people of halden as they passed her for 2 decades. she had married the villagers baptized their children there at their debt

. she had done all this as a man. hands can't spare kong. mm. but now she had reached a point where she could no longer live a lie. doesn't even natasha as a tom, as also it was there seemed no way out. i was suicidal. these people around me, society as a whole, weren't giving me the space i needed to breathe this wall. then her marriage broke out elk. his wife left her and took the children. elca decided to leave hardon and seek help in a clinic. after 6 months, she felt stronger and was determined to fight her corner. her former boss supported hun, knew his own rod is mercer and amc, and as their engine is omar's on gibson, when i visited her in the clinic,

she told me she didn't want to return to the parish as a man may, however, she still wanted to return to the parish i was mission to your mind, it's holcomb nurses or i said that's understandable enough. what's like not simple visualized. we have to deal with this situation very honestly and openly. it is as it was and give the parish the opportunity to deal with it openly for them. it owns a u. d to shoot a chat, the decisive meeting in the parish center in 2011. what no one dad hopeful was achieved and come into your mind as town a feel of. there were a surprising number of positive votes as a, if you, many parishioners were happy that the situation was now being discussed openly and water. or at the end of the meeting, the majority said, we want to try to go down this path together or and in humans on the occlusal love was also waiting for alca along this new path caston hen issue is

a high school teacher, hobbies you know, she took the 1st steps towards alca and simply rang the doorbell. and was you had trouble with ed says no hm. and when you have that thing is that these are lovely pictures. yeah, i will. my yes, but my skin with do heights. oh, really thank you. see, just as often it's so beautiful. we didn't need to lengthen edited drone, very beautiful town and the church was beautiful too. but m. s. and he hated health at athens meeting. of course, i didn't know what to expect, but the proof of the pudding is in eating again good yesterday. oh, melissa caston was a teacher at the high school, and alca proposed to her right then in school during class. alca is not a shy woman. she wanted to present her new life as a transgender pastor with a lesbian relationship. for all to see i bought,

proposing marriage in this way was too much for many parishioners to stomach. vincent and cons. a were conservative village were certainly broad minded. but basically, everything has its place in its order as good as school work is work and marriage proposals and love or something else entirely half on the lever. as for sanders, at the time, elca had a new boss. thomas bowden felt tells us that up until then, he'd only known transsexuals from television, but he does is as lot rubicon. my 1st reaction was this is unknown territory, but i think everybody should be allowed to say when they find something strange as it makes you a bit scared at 1st will be seen. you ask yourself is how am i going to deal with this? and then these defensive reactions follow, does it make distance ink, and maybe even reject shya? as i've seen that in many people, including myself, i missouri about all. elk has new boss had a difficult decision to make the parish council no longer wanted to work with elca

. so he decided to let her go. m e m as in swore was it so by that for me as superintendent. but it was obvious that things would explode for both sides. at some point. i mean, that wouldn't be good for the parish, and certainly not good for hell kush perkins. i realized we had to do something immediately to remove them from this situation which had become increasingly difficult. dead soon. impulse and governess elca herself no longer wanted to be pastor in holden. she left the parish and became chaplain in a nursing home. elca didn't want to pretend any more. she wanted to be herself. the hormone therapy was producing changes in her body. her features were becoming more feminine. her voice brighter, her breasts, developing, however, she decided not to undergo transitional surgery. she identifies as transgender,

a woman living in a body that was originally male, within the bridal couple has to bid for it away live. yeah, no, the get us, keep it. it was fun. as the gifting. meanwhile, elca has become friends with her hairdresser katya. in florence, she held the blessing service for katy silver wedding anniversary. all her to me for finance of me and him a report for our 10 years ago. i'd never have dared to go into a hair dressers when so many other customers were there. oh, my self confidence has grown thing and of course awesome that has a lot to do with catcher. she somebody i can trust completely through the foot tall and harm come with the wellness in absolute wellness. her i came

here during times of stress. so here and just relax to lexan and spun and after i had the feeling afterwards with turnbull that look seek over with of it. i never managed to do it that well myself, i feel what do you think? that's good. very good. oh yeah. super, super, super, super every wednesday and thursday, elko teaches at a school for caregivers and nursing staff. she has been doing this for many years. her subject is ethics. principal andreas park has always stood by her is specially when her parish no longer wanted her as a pastor as of yet and was broken to. we'd have helped miss chicago when it looked

as if she wouldn't have a job as blunt a force for glove. she's always done fine work for us all. and at the height of the crisis, i offered her a full time position. year guides will help visual swollen so good morning. i are the flower and i'm also here by one fell in love, introduce myself, nama. i'm al, kush berker with either young only go elk has trans identity, hasn't been a problem at the school, according to the principal. partly because alca is absolutely candid about her situation. jo done. i thought i thought i knew her, did you come and there's another thing you will have noticed how i found my voice. i can speak a little higher and more. relax. tucker, he might then it's a bit more feminine. i haven't always been elko, there was a crunching my biography in 2010 or i was on sick leave for 6 months when i didn't

know what to do with my life. or even if i wanted to continue living on liberty ball, not im thomas pardon failed was also concerned about alca 2 years after she left holden, he appointed her sinner dull, representative for dance topics in the district under his supervision. now that eloquence often i was with you on both of us. elca opened our eyes as a church to take astonished to make our position clear so that we don't allow people to be marginalized, easy to be victimized, and subjected to violence because of the way they all gotten, even if they seem different at 1st, from the way we think people should go jenina. i'm calling from gus. you upon goodbye. it's v i o l k is now 66 and has retired from her chaplaincy in the nursing home.

however, she continues to sit on the lutheran senate and runs a self help group for trans people in her region. we found so be elegant fun. if we're going to elfaire funeral. she was in our support group and only had her big outing 3 years ago as a waiting cota. one to she did it very radically. ah, although she was really severely disabled and she managed to adjust her body to some extent of, most importantly, she changed her marital status, including her 1st name guns and became visible to the outside world. she threw away her entire wardrobe from one day to the next and then went shopping. that's very impressive. this one

even though alca is officially retired, she remains a pasta. in this capacity, she decided to hold the memorial service herself for the member of her support group. ah, ah furnace it average. it was nice of you to come. it was important to me that some people from the support group attended or that of i love him over there were about 30 of us not band life in 30 in the congregation. definitely i did on december. 3rd, who? yeah. it was nice of you is office friend to conduct her funeral service just because the quality all been up sheet. boy, it was important to me or moving up sheet or so it was also the group saying good

bye to her alpha was special. that's right. it's what makes us human muscles mentioned jaws over the farm falls on shore. passing was such a shock. i went to a cafe afterwards and over a large mug of coffee, thought it on. what am i going to do or to coffee? i have to conduct the funeral myself somehow and it was also a comfort for me as well as ebony god. the group provides real support trans people are ran in this rural area. elca as their leader, gifts them strength and self confidence. ah, there is a sense in which alca has finally arrived, even if she wouldn't put it that way, has south for her arrival, sounds like reaching the end of a journey. there's still a lot she wants to do. but she has onset,

the fundamental question, who am i? she no longer needs to ask people. who do you say i am? she hasn't reached the end of her journey yet, but she can travel with confidence to day she's visiting vague little cathedral. she has an appointment here with the pasta thomas back found give. so some tips for the special acoustics of the charge. the musicians are already practicing in the background. elca is conducting the service to day, which especially highlights the quick community. thomas bag found is happy for his charge to be used for this purpose. for me, his to suit us, acre spotted contact. so mentioned hut again al gush burkle has very close contact

with people i don't otherwise meet in everyday life. let's talk on maybe they wouldn't even approach me because they don't know what i stand for, or whether we're on the same wavelength and have been owned with elca. it's very clear and she creates this connection. we're able to show that the church welcomes everybody. oliver come elca is still working on her, simon. today she wants to focus on the joy of being different. ah, we'll call join us young, give us the courage to enjoy the fact that we're different to learn mood. ah,

ah . elk as children and now reconciled to her transition, but they don't want to go public even though elk is sometimes mentioned them in her sermons was really the up to 3 years ago. my grand daughter had a fantastic idea. she decided that i couldn't really be her grandmother. it just doesn't fit. and grandma is gender conformist with on the other hand, i'm not really her grandpa either the voice maybe. so i'm something like a grandma par on, and i've been called grandma park that if i, my grandchildren ever since. and

a member of the congregation tells her personal story. tanya met and fell in love with her partner when she was a man and accompanied her in her transition to womanhood, while the 4th full of obama fished my wife is wonderful. she shines. she laughs. oh, she dances off and she's always in a good mood. different, that's what makes life worth living. being who you are several, i'm proud to have accompanied her on the journey to her current life. my wife, my, my lily. thank you. oh melody. with the ones, if hello to the i'd even we need lots of people to speak up for us. i mean in the way elk at us with their heart, the heart enjoy that. i admired so much and i'm grateful to know her. she's an

amazing woman before we need strong people, like her own home, is to little when to learn as a shackleton girl from london. it's amazing what she's achieved, that we fighting her corner and asserting herself in the small community saying this is who i am. this is my life with us was own while does as my name mine worth of one and god and my greatest wish to god and for the world is that at some point, it's accepted as normal for people to be transgender. for some people to have down syndrome and for some people to have autism that they are no longer any norms for people home and that it's quite normal for people to be different. mentioned unless and after several moves, elca and charleston left the village of halden and ended up in a town. it's not just the 2 of them anymore. they also have a child conceived from a friends sperm donation. for elca,

this is now the 3rd family in her life. a couple don't have everything worked out yet, but they're full of optimism. is either centers because clearly, academic archive. themes or you can hear you can help again. well we're all, i don't know what's in there either and we might have to look back there again. alan was go, i think everyone had to grow in this situation. my some did on maybe some didn't and i think some degree of normality has returned. now everything has come down a bit, anxiously mozilla. and yes, we live our lives quite normally now. yeah. within within so my was 11 o as a couple months as a family i from you your order. we live like every one else, even i talk to you, i love my love. oh, still, i've been able to live

a lot of aspects of myself, and i don't have to think about it much as an author, being a woman has become normal for me. of course, i know the old man is also still inside me with his behavior, his mechanisms, his character long, but i am able to live the woman and me more than you and that's a gift is languishing ah ah, with

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