Origins

🌈 Origin Story of the Universal Rainbow Church

“Reclaiming the Sacred Role of Transgender and Non-Binary People Across Time”

In the beginning, before religion, before doctrine, before language itself — there was the Divine. And the Divine created not just man and woman, but the sacred in-between. In Genesis 1:27 it says, "God created humankind in God's image; male and female He created them." — them — the holy “they.” This is not just a linguistic accident. It is a spiritual truth. It is divine plurality. It is non-binary. It is sacred.

From the time before time, transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people have held spiritual, healing, visionary, and ceremonial roles across every continent. We were the first seers. The prophets. The priestesses. The shamans. The bridge-walkers. We held wisdom of both the visible and invisible, the masculine and the feminine, and everything beyond and between.

Before colonialism, patriarchy, and binary religion sought to erase us, we were revered — as carriers of healing, keepers of mystery, and sacred protectors of divine balance.

🌍 Global Sacred Traditions

Africa

Dagara People (West Africa): Gender-diverse shamans were seen as powerful dual-spirited mediators.
Zulu Traditional Diviners: Some male-born sangomas embody femininity as part of spiritual vocation.

Asia

Hijras (South Asia): Recognized in Hindu texts like the Ramayana; sacred roles in weddings and births.
Ardhanarishvara (Hinduism): A half-male, half-female deity symbolizing divine gender unity.
Mukhannathun (Islamic Arabia): Gender-nonconforming individuals acknowledged in the Prophet’s Medina.
Kathoey (Thailand): Feminine-presenting AMAB individuals long embraced in spiritual art and folklore.

Europe

Hermaphroditus (Greece): Child of Hermes and Aphrodite, honored as divine duality.
Galli (Rome): Trans priestesses of Cybele who self-castrated and led ecstatic rituals.
Loki (Norse): A shape-shifting deity who changes gender and births new beings.
Androgynos (Talmud): Intersex individuals recognized and honored in rabbinic law.

Judaism & Christianity

Shekhinah: The feminine divine presence in Kabbalah, ever-present among the people.
Eunuchs (Matthew 19:12): Jesus speaks of those born different — and blesses their spiritual role.

Indigenous Americas

Two-Spirit people: Across Turtle Island, honored for bridging the sacred masculine and feminine.
Nádleehi (Navajo) & We’wha (Zuni): Wisdom keepers, weavers, mediators of ceremonial power.

South America

Wari’ Shamans: Gender-fluid spiritual mediators in Amazonian tribes.
Tupi-Guarani Healers: Chosen by spirit, transcending gender to heal.
Incan Yachay: Spiritual specialists channeling both feminine and masculine cosmic energies.

Oceania

Māhū (Hawai‘i): Sacred third-gender teachers of spiritual traditions.
Fa’afafine (Samoa): Feminine-presenting individuals with accepted and celebrated roles.

✨ The Effeminate as Sacred

Where the modern world saw shame, the ancient world saw spirit:

In the Galli, effeminacy was power.
Christian saints like St. Francis and St. Sebastian were gentle, loving, and spiritually radiant.
In Taoism: “What is soft is strong.”
Matthew 5:5: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.”

Effeminate. Soft. Loving. Visionary. Sacred.

🕯️ What Was Sacred Was Suppressed

With colonization came erasure. With empires came binaries. Temples burned. Scriptures rewritten. Our bodies were policed. Our stories were hidden. But the divine cannot be erased. The truth cannot be unspoken.

🔥 We Are Rising Again

Modern visibility is not invention — it is sacred memory. It is the call of our ancestors echoing across time:

“We are not anomalies — we are ancestors.”

We are walking forward, not for the first time — but for the thousandth time renewed.

🔮 URC: A Temple for Ancient Souls

The Universal Rainbow Church is not built of brick but of soul. A sanctuary where the transgender, non-binary, and queer soul is holy — again.

We are:

📜 The scribes of truth
🔥 The keepers of flame
🌈 The bridge between worlds

We are reclaiming what was taken. We are restoring what was hidden. We are remembering who we are.

We are the sacred ones — the seen and the unseen — returned.

🌟 Welcome to the temple of truth, love, and miracles.

🙏🏽 Prayer to Our Ancestors and Descendants

O Great Spirit of all that was, is, and shall be —

We call now upon the holy ones who came before us: Our ancestors, our queer elders, our transgender lineage — Those who lived and loved and fought for truth when truth was dangerous.

We ask: Infuse us now with your courage, Lend us the strength that kept your light burning through oppression, Whisper your ancient wisdom into our bones, And remind us that your lives and even your deaths were never in vain.

You paved the way for us to rise. Now we walk forward carrying your torch.

We also call to the generations ahead: To our spiritual descendants, the unborn warriors of light — May they inherit a world more just, more sacred, and more whole. May they feel this blessing ripple across time.

We bless the LGBTQIA+ community in every land and lineage — May we awaken to the miracle of who we are. May we rise, rooted in truth, surrounded by love, Guided by you — our holy queer ancestors — forever.

🕊️ Amen. Aho. And so it is.

🌬️ Guided Meditation: Remembering Who We Are

Begin by closing your eyes. Breathe in deeply. Let the breath fill your belly, your chest, your spirit. Exhale slowly.

Feel the ground beneath you. This earth has known you before time. Feel your spine rise tall — this is your sacred pillar.

Now imagine behind you — a long line of ancestors. Transgender and non-binary visionaries, warriors, mystics, dancers, dreamers. They stand with you now. You are not alone.

They whisper into your soul: