Stephanie Mott - God Loves Everyone (And Me)

2015, English, Stephanie Mott,

Full title: "God Loves Everyone (And Me)" by Stephanie Mott.

"This collection of faith writings by Stephanie Mott is presented in the hope to create the understanding that all people are worthy of God’s love, that excluding anyone from God’s love is a way of rejecting God, and that you can be transgender and have an amazing, loving relationship with God!" 

Stephanie Mott was a mental health clinician, LGBTQ advocate and prolific public speaker who traveled the country to share her experiences as a transgender Christian woman. She served as the vice chair of Equality Kansas, chaired the LGBTQ caucus of the Kansas Democrats and founded the Kansas Statewide Transgender Equality Project. She passed away on March 4, 2019 at the age of 61 after suffering a heart attack.

Stephanie Mott was a well-known advocate for LGBTQ rights in Kansas and one of the state’s leading voices for transgender rights. She filed a lawsuit in 2016 seeking to change her Kansas birth certificate to identify her as female, but that case was dismissed in 2017. 

The New York City-based Lambda Legal Defense Education Fund then filed a lawsuit last October, which remains pending, challenging the refusal by Kansas government officials to correct gender identification on birth certificates for transgender individuals. Stephanie Mott’s legacy continues to inspire and empower the LGBTQ community in Kansas and beyond.

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