Vanessa Sheridan
(1949 - living) - U.S.A.
Business consultant, author on transgender issues
Vanessa was born in Saint Paul, MN. A former professional touring and studio musician, Vanessa is a skilled performer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer.
She enjoys good books, travel, rich conversations with interesting people, and writing about the remarkable diversity of the transgender experience.
Vanessa is also an avid fan of the Minnesota Vikings and Timberwolves. She freely acknowledges that her loyalty to those teams may in fact be an indication of latent masochistic tendencies.
She loves to immerse herself in social, political and spiritual issues of substance, and delights in spending quality time with family and friends.
Vanessa Sheridan has been speaking, writing, and researching on transgender issues since 1991.
"...I am convinced that transpeople are also called and gifted by God. We are on this earth to be the embodiments of a prophetic message to the world, and part of that message is this: there are many healthy ways to live as human beings in relationship with our Creator and with each other. Bigotry, disrespect, narrow-mindedness, and lovelessness are not among them."
Vanessa is the co-author (with Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Ph.D.) of "Transgender Journeys". This important book on transgender Christian spirituality was honored as a national Lambda Literary Award finalist in 2004.
"Vanessa's Crossing Over: Liberating The Transgendered Christian" was a double finalist for a 2002 national Lambda Literary award. This was the first book in history to be released by any mainstream publishing house--in this case, The Pilgrim Press of Cleveland, Ohio--on the specific topic of transgender Christian spirituality.
Vanessa is also the author of "Cross Purposes: On Being Christian and Crossgendered", a 1997 book that was instrumental in helping various mainline religious organizations more fully understand the transgender phenomenon. This book was used as a primary resource for studies of gender and sexuality by national religious denominational task forces.
Website: http://www.vanessasheridan.com/
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