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'''Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer''' is an American pastor and activist.<ref name="lgbtran-rohrer" /> Rohrer is the first openly [[transgender]] minister to be ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.<ref name="Chien">{{Cite web |title=A shepherd finds the perfect flock |last=Chien |first=Jen |work=KALW |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=12 June 2020 |url= https://www.kalw.org/post/shepherd-finds-perfect-flock#stream/0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309173813/https://www.kalw.org/post/shepherd-finds-perfect-flock |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="elm-rohrer">{{cite web|title=The Rev. Megan Rohrer|url=https://www.elm.org/2010/07/05/megan-rohrer/|website=Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries|accessdate=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421110853/https://www.elm.org/2010/07/05/megan-rohrer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="ebar-27feb2014">{{cite news|last1=Nahmod|first1=David-Elijah|title=Lutherans install trans pastor|url=https://www.ebar.com/news///244273|accessdate=June 12, 2020|newspaper=Bay Area Reporter|date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224201347/https://www.ebar.com/news///244273|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="nbc-17jan2017">{{cite news|last1=Rosato Jr.|first1=Joe|title=San Francisco Police Department Hires Its First-Ever LGBTQ Chaplain|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Hires-First-Ever-LGBTQ-Chaplain-411010555.html|accessdate=June 13, 2017|newspaper=NBC Bay Area|date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211061558/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Hires-First-Ever-LGBTQ-Chaplain-411010555.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Rohrer serves as the co-chair of the San Francisco Local Homelessness Coordinating Board, which is an "advisory body to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), ensuring a unified homelessness strategy within San Francisco," and working to decrease racial bias in shelter and supportive housing. This work helped secure over $50 million in federal funding for homeless individuals and domestic violence survivors. <ref name=":0">GLIDE Foundation (2024, February 21). ''GLIDE Staff Helped to Secure $50M to House the Homeless - GLIDE - San Francisco: serving the people of the Tenderloin and San Francisco since 1963''. GLIDE - San Francisco: Serving the People of the Tenderloin and San Francisco Since 1963. <nowiki>https://www.glide.org/securing-50m-to-house-the-homeless/</nowiki> (Accessed March 13, 2025)</ref> Dr. Rohrer is the Sr. Church Communications Specialist for GLIDE Memorial Church. <ref name=":0" /> | '''Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer''' is an American pastor and activist.<ref name="lgbtran-rohrer" /> Rohrer is the first openly [[transgender]] minister to be ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.<ref name="Chien">{{Cite web |title=A shepherd finds the perfect flock |last=Chien |first=Jen |work=KALW |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=12 June 2020 |url= https://www.kalw.org/post/shepherd-finds-perfect-flock#stream/0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309173813/https://www.kalw.org/post/shepherd-finds-perfect-flock |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="elm-rohrer">{{cite web|title=The Rev. Megan Rohrer|url=https://www.elm.org/2010/07/05/megan-rohrer/|website=Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries|accessdate=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421110853/https://www.elm.org/2010/07/05/megan-rohrer/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="ebar-27feb2014">{{cite news|last1=Nahmod|first1=David-Elijah|title=Lutherans install trans pastor|url=https://www.ebar.com/news///244273|accessdate=June 12, 2020|newspaper=Bay Area Reporter|date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224201347/https://www.ebar.com/news///244273|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="nbc-17jan2017">{{cite news|last1=Rosato Jr.|first1=Joe|title=San Francisco Police Department Hires Its First-Ever LGBTQ Chaplain|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Hires-First-Ever-LGBTQ-Chaplain-411010555.html|accessdate=June 13, 2017|newspaper=NBC Bay Area|date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211061558/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Police-Department-Hires-First-Ever-LGBTQ-Chaplain-411010555.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Rohrer serves as the co-chair of the San Francisco Local Homelessness Coordinating Board, which is an "advisory body to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), ensuring a unified homelessness strategy within San Francisco," and working to decrease racial bias in shelter and supportive housing. This work helped secure over $50 million in federal funding for homeless individuals and domestic violence survivors. <ref name=":0">GLIDE Foundation (2024, February 21). ''GLIDE Staff Helped to Secure $50M to House the Homeless - GLIDE - San Francisco: serving the people of the Tenderloin and San Francisco since 1963''. GLIDE - San Francisco: Serving the People of the Tenderloin and San Francisco Since 1963. <nowiki>https://www.glide.org/securing-50m-to-house-the-homeless/</nowiki> (Accessed March 13, 2025)</ref> Dr. Rohrer is the Sr. Church Communications Specialist for GLIDE Memorial Church. <ref name=":0" /> As a published historian, Rohrer has written the book on "San Francisco's Transgender District."<ref>''Rohrer, Megan,'' (March 15, 2025). San Francisco's Transgender District, Acadia Publishing, Hudson Booksellers. <nowiki>https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781467162654</nowiki> (Accessed March 19, 2025)</ref> | ||
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| Date of birth | April 3, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | he/Dr |
| Gender identity | transgender/genderqueer[2] |
| Occupation | homelessness & LGBTQ activist, historian and writer |
| Known for | Queer Eye |
Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer is an American pastor and activist.[1] Rohrer is the first openly transgender minister to be ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[2][3][4][5] Rohrer serves as the co-chair of the San Francisco Local Homelessness Coordinating Board, which is an "advisory body to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), ensuring a unified homelessness strategy within San Francisco," and working to decrease racial bias in shelter and supportive housing. This work helped secure over $50 million in federal funding for homeless individuals and domestic violence survivors. [6] Dr. Rohrer is the Sr. Church Communications Specialist for GLIDE Memorial Church. [6] As a published historian, Rohrer has written the book on "San Francisco's Transgender District."[7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rev. Megan Rohrer". The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chien, Jen (10 May 2016). "A shepherd finds the perfect flock". KALW. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "The Rev. Megan Rohrer". Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Nahmod, David-Elijah (February 27, 2014). "Lutherans install trans pastor". Bay Area Reporter. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Rosato Jr., Joe (January 17, 2017). "San Francisco Police Department Hires Its First-Ever LGBTQ Chaplain". NBC Bay Area. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 GLIDE Foundation (2024, February 21). GLIDE Staff Helped to Secure $50M to House the Homeless - GLIDE - San Francisco: serving the people of the Tenderloin and San Francisco since 1963. GLIDE - San Francisco: Serving the People of the Tenderloin and San Francisco Since 1963. https://www.glide.org/securing-50m-to-house-the-homeless/ (Accessed March 13, 2025)
- ↑ Rohrer, Megan, (March 15, 2025). San Francisco's Transgender District, Acadia Publishing, Hudson Booksellers. https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781467162654 (Accessed March 19, 2025)
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