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The Authors

Christina (Tina) Beardsley SMMS, is a Church of England priest and retired healthcare chaplain who assists in her local parish in West London. Educated at Sussex, Cambridge and Leeds universities, Tina speaks and writes about chaplaincy, spirituality, gender and Victorian religion, and is a Visiting Scholar at Sarum College. A member of the Sibyls, a Christian spirituality group for transgender people, Tina has advocated for trans inclusion in the Church through a number of organisations and is due to chaplain the Modern Church Annual Conference in July 2020 which will focus on identity, sexuality and gender.

Chris Dowd was originally a minister in the LGBT-identified Metropolitan Community Churches for over a decade, planting a queer-friendly fresh expression called Journey in the West Midlands. At the same time, he served as a special category minister for the United Reformed Church as a University Chaplain at Aston University. Chris retrained as a minister of Word and Sacrament within the United Reformed Church and currently serves several churches. Chris is also an Honorary Research Fellow of Queen’s College, Birmingham.