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Shannon TL Kearns
Ordained Priest, Playwright, Theologian & Author of "In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture”
Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer all of his work revolves around making meaning through story.
Kearns’s first book “In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture” was published in 2022.
Kearns is a recipient of the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship for 2022, a Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellowship in 20/21 and he was a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2019 in playwriting and in 2022 for screenwriting. He was a Finnovation Fellow for 2019/2020. He is a sought after speaker on transgender issues and religion as well as a skilled facilitator of a variety of workshops.
Kearns co-founded QueerTheology.com with Brian G. Murphy. Since its start in 2013, this work has reached more than a million people all over the world through videos, articles, and online courses and community. Their Queer Theology podcast is the longest running LGBTQ+ Christian podcast.
Kearns founded and led Uprising Theatre Company in Minneapolis for 6 years. That work focused on social justice theatre that empowered people to take action as well as uplifting the voices and stories of trans and nonbinary artists.
Kearns’s plays include "Body+Blood," "in a stand of dying trees," "Line of Sight," "Twisted Deaths," "The Resistance of My Skin," and "Who Has Eyes To See."
Speech Topics
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Transgender Issues
- Theology
- Creativity & Writing
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