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Transgender Naming Ceremony: a new name, an open door

The shortened story of transgender naming ceremony: For as long as she was aware of having a gender, which for most children awakens around three, she knew she was a girl. Her parents were a bit mystified, as she was born male. They set up rules: you can be a girl at...

Ceremonial Musings

With the demise of religion, many people are left stranded in a chasm of emptiness and doubt; without rituals to recognize, celebrate, or negotiate the vital thresholds of peoples lives, the key crossings pass by, undistinguished from the mundane, everyday rituals of life. If we approach our decisive thresholds with reverence and attention, the crossing will bring us more than we could have ever hoped for.” -John O’Donohue

Transgender Naming Ceremony: a new name, an open door

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