PFLAG TAMPA (PARENTS, FAMILIES & FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS) AND THE STRAIGHT FOR EQUALITY PROJECT PRESENT

REV. ELISE ELRODA UNIQUE JOURNEY

TUESDAY, November 20th7:00 PMFAITH FAMILY UCC

9350 Bay Plaza Blvd,Suite 125,Tampa, FL 33619

“One weekday, in 1999, we arrived home from church. Joni was minister of music. I was pastor. I asked her to sit down for a few minutes. I told her that I was troubled and depressed. She said she knew something was wrong. I explained to her my thoughts and discomfort and my memories from age six. At the time, we had never heard the word, transgender...”

PFLAG – 40 YEARS OF FAMILY & ALLY VOICES MOVING EQUALITY FORWARD

PFLAG Tampa Transgender Series

PFLAG TAMPA PRESENTSREV. ELISE ELROD

PFLAG Tampa is pleased to sponsor a presentation by Reverend Elise Elrod whose unusual journey took her from a highly successful engineering career with a wife (Joni) and family, to a fulfilling life as a UCC minister, all the while coming to terms with her own identity as she transitioned from male to female, and from Southern Baptist roots which had challenged Elise for 40 years as she struggled with her identity.

In her own words, “Like many who must hide who they are, I was deeply invested in that which would not support who I am. My whole life is my argument, not just an unusual medical journey since 1999. I first preached in my early twenties. As a couple, Joni and I have experienced changes in faith, migrating ideology, business, wealth, poverty, popularity and the loneliness of being ostracized.”

Married for over 40 years, Elise and her spouse Joni have three grown children, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.

Come join PFLAG Tampa on November 20 as Elise shares her extraordinary life experience with us.

We can make our community a safer and more welcoming place for all.

Free 'I Love My Transgender Friends' buttons to all attendees.http://pflagtampa.org