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A '''transgender naming ceremony''' is an event held to recognise a trans person's new identity.

A motion is to be put to the [[Church of England]]'s General Synod calling for a new form of service to mark a person's transition. Rev Chris Newlands, vicar of [[Lancaster]] Priory, was approached by a young transgender person who wanted to be "re-baptised" in his new identity. The church's teaching is that baptism can only be done once, but the vicar created a new service as "an affirmation of baptismal vows where we could introduce him to God with his new name and his new identity." A similar service had been held for  [[Susan Musgrove]], St Andrew’s Church, [[Corbridge]], Northumberland. <ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/21/proposal-for-transgender-baptism-to-go-before-church-of-england Keith McVeigh, "Church of England to consider transgender naming ceremony" ''The Guardian'', 21 May 2015.</ref>

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