In the context that the role of trans people within the church is the same as that of any other Christian person and given the fact that the conclusions of the synod do not address gender identity, this presentation/workshop takes a TRANS look at the Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Dignitas infinite on human dignity, which has generated a situation of lack of understanding among the TRANS collective due to the approach that this statement makes to the reality of the body as a holy and sacred space that is broken in the context of gender transition. We have the presence of Niurka, who will initially share her testimony as a TRANS woman in relation to the feelings that this statement awakens and her vision of the approach this document makes to the body. In a second moment, she shares in a more general way the feeling that this statement awakens in the TRANS collective. Finally, she addresses human dignity and its implications for the TRANS collective on a theological level in the context of this declaration. The presentation ends with a summary, conclusions and challenges.
Niurka Gibaja Yábar is a happy, spiritual and activist woman, a tireless worker in the fight for human rights. He has a Master’s degree in dogmatic theology from the Pontificia Comillas University of Madrid with a thesis titled Impoverished people reveal the face of God to us. She graduated in theology from the José Simeón Cañas Central American University (UCA) in El Salvador and she is studied to become a teacher of religious education, philosophy and social sciences by the Higher School of Pedagogy and Philosophy of the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM) in Lima (Peru). She has worked as a diversity coordinator with extensive experience in training and support in diversity, equality and LGTBI+ equity in the business field for the incorporation of trans talent in a company. She has been coordinator of the trans group of COGAM and member of FELGTB companies, giving rise to YES, we TRANS, the labor reintegration program for the trans community in Spain. She is part of the the group Women’s Revolt within the Church as well as CRISMHOH (Homosexual Christians from Madrid).