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Hi all, this feels kind of weird for me to ask. I don’t even know if what I’m looking for exists. But I thought someone might be able to help me, so that’s why I’m here.

I grew up in the south. When I was a child, I loved attending church services that were focused on singing together. The memory of those nights still holds a very special place in my heart.

Eventually, I was old enough to notice that the services I went to spent more time preaching intolerance and fear than thankfulness and praise. I stopped going, and have since been pursuing my spirituality through other means. I wouldn’t even call myself Christian, and I haven’t had the best experiences with folks who do back in Tennessee.

But a part of me misses the feeling of singing together in a beautiful room of people giving thanks. Maybe I’m an idiot, but I have hope that something like this still exists, but without the hate. Maybe New York can help?

Is there anywhere I can go that might be something like this, and will treat me like any other woman? I do “pass” some of the time, but I don’t want to surround myself with people who would be hateful towards me if they knew I was trans either.

Does this exist anywhere besides my imagination? I just want to go somewhere that I can feel that energy I miss without the awfulness that tarnished it for me down south.