'I used to have traditional views. Now I'm the country's first non-binary priest'
A religious leader who identifies as gender-queer believes they may be the first openly non-binary priest to be ordained in the Church of England. Bingo Allison, of Norris Green, attends a variety of schools and assemblies in the hopes of inspiring others who find themselves in the same situation.
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, they added: "My views used to be very traditional and very conservative certainly. Some might call them bigoted and there was a lot of ignorance and a lot of ‘othering’. I didn’t take the time to learn from other people’s experiences. They added: “It was a lot harder than I thought having come out to myself to then remain in the closet. There were definitely lots of times before when I kind of questioned my identity but growing up in a more conservative form of Christianity meant that it was just so far beyond my imagination.
They added: “I was sitting there in the middle of the night when I realised I might need to run my life upside down. It was a deepening spiritual experience, I properly felt God was guiding me into this new truth about myself. One of the things that has kept with my ministry ever since is that transition and coming out can and should be a spiritual experience, as well as an emotional and social and sometimes physical one.
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