I met up a friend yesterday who is a transexual, who is legally female on the IC, and "she" is older than 60 years old (she had undergone a sex change operation some 30 years back). She spoke to me about her church where people shake her hand only using two fingers - lest they get infected.
She is such a wonderful person - fervent in prayer and a mighty prophet but alas in her church she is not accepted to any ministry team, only to help out in the sidelines.
The church gives her strict instructions of appropriate behaviour. For the men, she must behave as though she is a women, keeping distance apart. For the women, she must behave like a men, keeping distance apart with the appropriate language. For the toilets, the women will not share the share toilet, nether can she go to the men's toilet.
She cannot find job, for who wants a retired transexual. So she spends her time in prayer, and fasting, and amazingly God provides always in time, and she is able even to go on mission trips.
I asked her, why dont you go to New Creation Church! She did a few times, but the ushers made sure that she was set aside apart from others, and started talking about her mockingly in the background.
I cried, for I felt for her, her pain and her rejection. But I cried for the Church too.