(Deacon Ray Dever. News Ways Ministry).
Today’s post is from Bondings 2.0 contributor Deacon Ray Dever, who is the father of an adult transgender woman, and is also a retired Catholic deacon with almost 50 years of diverse parish and pastoral ministry experience. Deacon Ray has been invited to address LGBTQ issues by various national publications and Catholic organizations, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and he frequently provides pastoral counseling to Catholic families with transgender children from across the US. He holds three graduate degrees, including a master’s degree in theology.