"After publicly transitioning at 34, Whaley began advocating for queer rights in affirming faith spaces"

"“In the winter of 2022, I was forced to resign from my job as a pastor at one of Michigan’s largest megachurches because they had heard that I was considering a gender transition,” Whaley said"

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"“After picking up my life and picking up the pieces and starting my transition publicly, I started working at an LGBTQ affirming church in Royal Oak."
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"And it was in that space that I really began to hear from people who were queer who longed for their faith, like they lost it, and they didn’t know that there were even churches that would accept them.”"
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