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UK’s first non-binary priest reveals God guided them to come out after an epiphany

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A non-binary priest says God guided them to come out after an epiphany.

Bingo Allison, 36, is to their knowledge the first openly non-binary priest to be ordained in the Church of England.

Bingo, who now works in Liverpool, visits schools across the area

Bingo, who now works in Liverpool, visits schools across the area and hopes to inspire LGBTQ+ young people and show them they have a place in church.

Bingo, from West Yorkshire, grew up in a “strongly religious” household and said they were raised to believe that acting on being gay was “sinful”.

But the parent-of-three has been on a 15-year journey that included meeting other LGBTQ+ Christians that has completely changed their previously ‘very traditional and conservative’ outlook on life, the Liverpool Echo reports.

“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God.’ Deut, 22:5 

The 36-year-old was halfway through their vicar training - a seven year programme - when they first came across the term gender-queer.

Bingo told the Echo: “My views used to be very traditional and very conservative certainly. Some might call them bigoted and there was a lot of ignorance and a lot of ‘othering’.

“I didn’t take the time to learn from other people’s experiences. I was definitely in a lot of denial and some of that denial came out in denial of other people’s identities.”

The 36-year-old was halfway through their vicar training – a seven year programme – when they first came across the term gender-queer.

That was seven years ago – and Bingo originally considered putting off revelations about their gender identity – but found it difficult.