A one-woman show called “The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven” featuring a 65-year-old woman who identifies as a trans, depicts Jesus as a transgender woman.
According to Huffington Post, the show manipulates many other biblical parables, and a screening of a past performance will be shown on November 15 at theatre in Ireland .
The show received some serious backlash when it debuted at the Glasgay arts festival in 2009. Droves of angry Christian protesters picketed the theater, holding signs that read “God: My Son Is Not A Pervert.”
Box office staffs received death threats, and a plain-clothed police officer had to be in attendance at the live performance to make sure Clifford didn’t get attacked.
She said:
I was very upset and very traumatized, It brought back distress from early emotional abuse that I suffered. It was very clear to me that the only way I could belong to the church was through being in the closet and living a lie.
Clifford, a practicing Christian, who was estranged from her faith for many years credits her renewed Christian devotion to a particularly LGBTI-friendly church she attends in Edinburgh.
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