Voices of Witness: Out of the Box

"Voices of Witness: Out of the Box" is a groundbreaking documentary giving voice to the witness of transgender people of faith courageously telling their stories of hope, healing and wholeness.

"Gender identity and gender expression are issues that can easily be misunderstood and cannot be wrapped up in a neat little box. So the goal of "Out of the Box" was to answer some of the most frequently asked questions. We have been blessed by a truly amazing cloud of witnesses who shared their stories and their lives with us. It has been a privilege to work with them to take this project from a dream to a reality as we offer their voices of witness to the church and to the world." -- Louise Brooks, Executive Producer

For more infomation -- including ordering DVDs of the film -- visit http://www.integrityusa.org/OOTB

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[p12885cb]

well its nice that there are exceptions, but in most cases religion and religious people only propagate trasphobia homophobia and hate.

[IntegriTV]

Sadly true ... which is why Integrity and the Episcopal Church are committed to being the exception until love, justice and compassion become the rule! Thanks for watching!

[IntegriTV]

Thanks to all viewing, commenting, "liking" and sharing "Out of the Box." It has been a labor of love and Integrity is honored to be helping giving voice to this amazing cloud of witnesses. Responding to a couple of questions in comments so far, yes, DVDs will be available. To order, see info above. As for permission to post and share ... yes, please do! The goal of this project was to get these "out of the box" voices OUT into the world! So: Share. Like. Tweet. THANK YOU!

[iankunx]

Carolyn is my father, and I'm extremely proud of her and everything she does. This is a beautiful film, and I'm glad to see her as part of it.

[Nicole Mott]

This was simply amazing, well done! It was very inspiring and eye opening. <3

[Mbari Hogun]

Thanks for sharing ~

[Tifany Hunter]

Hope your spirits recover and your life follows. I don't know the particulars of ordination or moving across denominations, but there are affirming inclusive , churches, regional governing bodies, and national denominations (Check out :Believe Out Loud). I hope you find a spiritual home where you can serve and lead a rich life.

[Tifany Hunter]

The fundamental principle of Christianity is love. God loves everyone, and everyone is asked to love God and each other. People and churches have done many unloving things in the name of Christianity, but neither these people and organizations nor their actions can define Christianity. Even the bible has 2000 years of editing and translation errors - consider the council of Nicene in 300 AD where books and verse were added and deleted and a divided council decided Jesus was divine and one God.

[Jasmine Singer]

Exceptional video, absolutely inspired by God. Surely gender identity and sexual orientation are not issues of right or wrong, good or evil. They are simply expressions of the beautiful person that God made you. Allowing His Love to express itself in who you are, your gender identity, and your love for another person, irrespective of the gender that they are, is what He wants us to do. God Bless, Jasmine

[GiselleBel]

This is wonderful: the re-affirmation of human dignity and a celebration of us all being different. I am very glad to have seen this wonderful video, thank you to all who participated and told their stories.

[TheBrightpower]

As for myself being born into a Jehovah's Witness family & then getting baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, then coming to terms I'm indeed transgendered then finding out what the world wide leadership (Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body) that in there understanding of the bible, it is wrong to act on any part of feeling transgendered, bible quote; Deut 22:5. Leaves me feeling that Jehovah God does not love as transgendered

[TeriTreeHugger]

God Bless You! First, I want to point out that, for some of us, in this world, being a person of faith is a part of ourselves that we cannot separate from...just as we cannot separate ourselves from our sexual or gender identity (regardless of biology). Being a queer cost me my ordination, but that my partner began transitioning cost me everything else--friends, divinity schoolmates (including Integrity) and so on. I am grateful God led me to see this. Thank You.

[stonefreews]

Thank you.... Very well done.

[Susan Russell]

Because we don't confuse God with the those who have twisted the Good News Jesus came to offer ALL people into a weapon to beat up SOME people.

[Ophelia McGraw]

I do not understand how an LGBT person reconciles a belief in a religion that only until recently did not accept that we even had the right to exist; based on a book that has been used as the justification for brutal persecution and murder.