‘Religious
arguments are often brought in to defend social prejudices – as in the
discussion about transgender rights. In
fact, the Hebrew Bible, when read in its original language, offers a highly elastic view of gender. The God of the three monotheistic, Abrahamic
religions to which fully half the people on the planet today belong, was understood
by its earliest worshippers to be a dual-gendered deity.’
Covey Cowan, San Francisco, California
