Marginal?

Born female in a very Christian culture, author Shannon T. L. Kearns relates his experience through the feelings of "otherness" while trying to fit in as a child, then adolescent, and finally young adult pursuing a position as a pastor. His realization that he actually identified as a man, and then ultimately acting on that knowledge is the crux of this book. I commend Kearns for making hard decisions and remaining kind in the process (or at least it seems so in the book). Spoiler alert: I would say that his lack of understanding as to why his wife was less than enthusiastic about his gender change rankled with me a bit. It seems logical that if one is a lesbian, which is how the couple identified when they married, one of them wouldn't be excited about suddenly being married to a man. Right? So while I felt his handling of his mom and his faith (remarkable, really) were kind and sensitive, he did seem to have a gigantic blind spot when it came to his marriage. I also thought there would be more scriptural "meat" bolstering the notion that the bible is often misinterpreted when it comes to issues of gender/sexual fluidity. There is a reading list and he did put his spin on a few passages, but it was lighter in that area than I had expected.