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The overriding belief in Liberation Theology is that God prefers the poor and oppressed and that blessing comes from the margins rather than the centre of the Church. Liberation Theology believes our duty as Christians is to challenge oppression in all its forms. Liberation Theology started in the 1970s as a critique of the economic and social oppressions of the South American poor. In the past 50 years it has broadened to explore and critique the systems of oppression that exist within the Church and wider society. Holland and Henriot (1983, first published 1980, p.28) pose three questions about social class, which seem equally pertinent in relation to trans people, or any other social minority:

1. Who makes the decisions?

2. Who benefits from the decisions?

3. Who bears the cost of the decisions?

Liberation Theology means we first have to listen to those who are oppressed and then ask, ‘Where is God in this experience?’ and ‘What is an appropriate Christian response?’ To this end we conducted workshops and interviews and have used the information we gained from them to write this book.