Last month, the Rev. Junia Joplin told her Baptist congregation in a sermon about the importance of telling the truth without fear of the consequences.
And then she revealed a secret truth of her own: She is a transgender woman. It cost her the job. On Monday, 111 members of the Lorne Park Baptist Church in Mississauga, Ontario, voted 58 to 53 to fire Ms.
Joplin, who has been their pastor for six years, she said on Twitter. “I came out as transgender in June, and I got fired in July,” Ms.