This development could be said to reflect the increasing awareness in biblical scholarship of the complex interplay between sex, gender, and sexuality when it comes to the issue of identity.
So where is the academic field of biblical studies placed on this issue? If we staked out a rather general timeline, we might say that feminist biblical studies emerged most strongly in the 1980s, LGBT biblical studies appeared (came out?) in the 1990s, and queer biblical studies erupted onto the scene in the early 2000s.
These are just some examples of the profound discussion going on about gender in Western societies at the moment. For example, the school where I teach is a "single sex" school for "girls," but what would happen if Avery Jackson - who is still biologically a boy but identifies as a girl - wanted to attend? Closer to home, many high schools in New Zealand are currently working out ways to respond to students who are declaring themselves "gender fluid." Boards of Trustees have had to reconsider protocols around school uniform, labelling for toilets, and all those boxes which need to be ticked on forms. According to the discussion on their website, tens of thousands of readers responded to this image with views ranging from gratitude to outrage. The January 2017 issue of National Geographic was a special edition on gender and featured nine-year-old Avery Jackson, the first transgender person to appear on the cover of this well-known magazine.
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