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ACSI Conference The Identity Question 7 – 9 February 2019

“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding.” Psalm 3:13

“Identity … provides us with a sense of well-being, a sense of being at home in one’s body, a sense of direction in one’s own life, and a sense of mattering to those who count.” Erikson (1968)

“Identity formation is an ever evolving core within where our genetics (biology), culture, loved ones, those we cared for, people who have harmed us and people we have harmed, the deeds done (good and ill) to self and others, experiences lived and choices made to form who we are at this moment.” Parker J. Palmer

Unpacking the Acronym L = Lesbian G = Gay T L G B B = Bisexual Genders Sexualities T = Transgender

Unpacking the Acronym H = Heterosexual A = Asexual L G B H A T Q I C Q = Questioning or Queer Genders Sexualities I = Intersex C = Cisgender

Identity

Identity Attraction

Identity Attraction Sex

Identity Expression Attraction Sex

Gender Identity Man Woman Woman-ness Man-ness

Gender Expression Feminine Masculine Femininity Masculinity

Attraction Men Women Women/femi nine/female Men/masc uline/male

Transgender ▪ Transgender/trans ▪ Transitioning (M2F or F2M) ▪ Transsexual ▪ Pronouns

Intersex ▪ At birth ▪ At adolescence

Unpacking ANOTHER Acronym SOGIE Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Expression

“ Language is not innocent” Words that hurt

Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV) 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV) 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.