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[[Gender variance in spirituality#the six genders in classical Judaism|The six genders in classical Judaism]] are not typically known in Christian tradition, though they are important for scholars to take into account when studying Hebrew texts that are used in Christianity. | [[Gender variance in spirituality#the six genders in classical Judaism|The six genders in classical Judaism]] are not typically known in Christian tradition, though they are important for scholars to take into account when studying Hebrew texts that are used in Christianity. | ||
Saint Abban is not gender-variant, but is said to have changed a baby from female to male<ref name="TransChristianity">{{Cite web |title=100 - 1399: Mystics, Monks, and Plagues |author=Smith, Avery |work=Trans Christianity |date=July 2019 |access-date=10 January 2021 |url= https://queerlychristian.wixsite.com/transchristianity/100-1399}}</ref>, and so can be considered informally a patron saint for transgender people.<ref>Conner, Sparks, and Sparks. ''Cassell's Encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit, covering gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore''. 1997. P. 39.</ref> | Saint Abban is not gender-variant, but is said to have changed a baby from female to male after prayer<ref name="TransChristianity">{{Cite web |title=100 - 1399: Mystics, Monks, and Plagues |author=Smith, Avery |work=Trans Christianity |date=July 2019 |access-date=10 January 2021 |url= https://queerlychristian.wixsite.com/transchristianity/100-1399}}</ref><ref name="mary_Life">{{Cite web |title=Life of St. Abban |author= |work=maryjones.us |date= |access-date=10 January 2021 |url= http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/abban.html |quote=Abban took the infant in his hands, and prayed earnestly to God that the king might have an heir; and the girl that he immersed in the font he took out as a boy, and laid it in the king's bosom. }}</ref>, and so can be considered informally a patron saint for transgender people.<ref>Conner, Sparks, and Sparks. ''Cassell's Encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit, covering gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore''. 1997. P. 39.</ref> | ||
== Gender variance in the Christian Bible == | == Gender variance in the Christian Bible == | ||