article_snippet.sent: They are caught between They bodies and They church - but have managed to walk a line between the two.
article_snippet.sent: These three Mormons, all from Utah, have realized that These three Mormons, all from Utah are transgender - a designation not officially recognized by the Church of Latter Day Saints.
article_snippet.sent: However, in the case of Annabel Jensen, Grayson Moore and Sara Jade Woodhouse, Annabel Jensen, Grayson Moore and Sara Jade Woodhouse have found a way to exist within the Mormon universe - often with the help of local Mormon leaders.
article_snippet.sent: As an extensive profile of the three in the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper reveals, the three have managed stay devout members of the church while navigating the difficulties of members of the church gender identity.
article_snippet.sent: According to the Salt Lake Tribune, around 30 transgender Mormons meet every week in a support group, and have started to get the attention of senior church members.
article_snippet.sent: Accepted: Jensen told how Jensen was welcomed when telling a Mormon bishop of Jensen transgender identity . '
article_snippet.sent: Annabel Jensen, who was born Christopher, got as far as being ordained as a Mormon elder and was lined up to go on a two-year mission before Jensen confronted Jensen identity as a woman.
article_snippet.sent: However, Jensen has found solace in the church, and says a Mormon bishop of her transgender identity was unambiguous about letting Jensen join in.
article_snippet.sent: Even the most senior members of the church are starting to take notice of the Mormon transgender population.
article_snippet.sent: Dallin H. Oaks, one of the twelve apostles who are in the top echelon of the church hierarchy told the Tribunethe Tribune: '[Mormon leaders] have not had so much experience with [transgender persons]...
highlights_snippet.sent: The three have found varying degrees of acceptance into Mormon life .