Revisited: Australia’s first transgender priest on breaking ground and a bruising political debate

In February, debate over the Morrison government’s religious discrimination bill – and the right for religious schools to expel transgender kids – reached fever pitch, dividing religious communities and the Liberal party. In the wake of this moment, Laura Murphy-Oates spoke to Rev Josephine Inkpin, Australia’s first transgender minister appointed in a mainstream church. Inkpin reflected on her life, the political fight over transgender rights and the place of queer people in the church