The new policies include a measure to annotate trans members’ records, grouping them with members who have committed sexual violence or child abuse.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known widely as the Mormon church, issued a slew of new policies this week expanding its restrictions on transgender members.
The policies, released Monday, include rules barring trans people from working with children, becoming priests and serving as teachers. The church also expanded on an existing rule that barred trans people from being baptized.
Trans members will also face possible annotation on their membership records, grouping them with churchgoers who have committed incest, sexual predatory behavior, sexual violence against children and embezzlement of church funds.
Don’t you have to want to be baptized… Like isn’t absolution supposed to be a self sought ideal.
Yeah, the real impact of this will just be further alienation of trans youths.
Mormon baptism is also the key initiation ritual. You aren’t “officially” Mormon until you’re baptized. Typically, this happens at age 8, because that’s when you are deemed to have sufficient agency for some very stupid reason, but also all converts and previously excommunicated people must be baptized (or re-baptized in the latter case) to become members. I think this is mostly telling local missionaries and members not to even try to baptize a trans person until they’re “fixed.”