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I used to love Christingle – until I discovered what my church thought of trans people

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Growing up, my family was what I would now describe as culturally Church of England. Ours was the scenic, zero-commitment kind of Christianity.

We grew up thinking of it as utterly default, in a way I don’t think kids would any more, even in deepest Kent. My siblings and I were christened and went to CofE village schools.

We learned about other religious holidays but never saw evidence of them. We were not religious – no one was. By which I mean, we only went to church at Christmas.Specifically, we would go to Christingle, the magical service that is aimed at, and makes no sense whatsoever to, children.

It happened at some enchanted hour that felt like the dead of night (I was dumbfounded to learn much later that it actually kicked off at.

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