| Resolution Number: | 2022-D029 |
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| Title: | Affirm "Gender Identity and Expression" for All in the Canons |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th Convention affirm that non-binary as well as binary identified transgender and cisgender people are included in the phrase “gender identity and expression,” and that the provisions of the Canons of the Episcopal Church apply equally to people of all genders.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 484. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #15 on Resolution D029 (Affirming Non-Binary Access and Leadership) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D029)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th Convention affirm that “[n]o one shall be denied rights, status or access to an equal place in the life, worship, governance, or employment of this Church” due to “gender identity and expression” (Title I, Canon 17, Sec. 5); and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention affirm that “no person shall be denied access to the discernment process or to any process for the employment, licensing, calling, or deployment for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church” due to “gender identity and expression” (Title III, Canon 1, Sec. 2); and be it further
Resolved, That non-binary as well as binary identified transgender and cisgender people are included in the phrase "gender identity and expression,” and that the provisions of these canons apply equally to people of all genders.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of ________________ concurring, That the 80th Convention affirm that “[n]o one shall be denied rights, status or access to an equal place in the life, worship, governance, or employment of this Church” due to “gender identity and expression” (Title I, Canon 17, Sec. 5); and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention affirm that “no person shall be denied access to the discernment process or to any process for the employment, licensing, calling, or deployment for any ministry, lay or ordained, in this Church” due to “gender identity and expression” (Title III, Canon 1, Sec. 2); and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th Convention affirm that non-binary as well as binary identified transgender and cisgender people are included in the phrase "gender identity and expression,” and that the provisions of these canons the Canons of the Episcopal Church apply equally to people of all genders.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #118)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #28 on HB Message #118 on Resolution D029 (Affirming Non-Binary Access and Leadership) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #205)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention affirms the phrase “gender identity and expression” includes non-binary as well as binary identified transgender and cisgender people and that the Canons apply equally to people of all genders. |
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