Karekin Yarian

Katherine Magdalene Rose (formerly known as k.m. yarian) is a transgender author and social activist from San Francisco. She is formerly a member of the Episcopal religious community known as the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory before coming out publicly as transgender in 2016.[1] Rose is the author of In Love and Service Bound: The First Forty Years of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory;[2] The Skillfulness of Shepherds: Gregorian Reflections on the Spiritual Life and co-author of Equipping the Saints – two volumes currently used in the Brotherhood's formation program; and For the Balance of My Natural Life[3] – a reflection on Life Vows in the Gregorian Way. She is also the subject of the award-winning documentary "Changing Habits" by Sara Needham,[4][5] and has appeared in the nationally released via media series produced by Every Voice Network, an advocacy organization in the Episcopal Church for progressive causes.

Katherine M Rose, author and activist. San Francisco, CA. 2020

As an advocate of the Progressive Christian movement, Rose has been involved with such organizations as Social Redemption, a technology working group dedicated to reassertion of progressive Christian values in the public sphere, and Every Voice Network which co-hosted a major conference in Washington DC in October 2005.

Rose’s work in San Francisco includes spiritual advocacy for members of the transgender community and political activism for LGBT* causes. She is noted for her advocacy of Christian anarchism. Her book "How To Be A Disciple and Digital"(as Yarian), a rudimentary ethics of faith on social media, was released in February 2018 by Church Publishing, Inc.[6]

Her first full length poetry collection, “tribe: fire-songs”, a series of poems reflecting on gender and sensuality was released on Amazon in February 2019.[7] Another full length poetry edition, “winter breviary”, a reflection on post modern spiritual anxiety and the capacity for human violence, was also released shortly after.[8] The following year, she released her most recent collection of poetry lauding the feminine title "she who willows among thorns." [9]

Personal life

Rose married Anthony Anchundo in 2008, just before the passage of Proposition 8 banned same-sex marriages in California.[10][11]

On October 11, 2017, Rose publicly came out as transgender and non-binary for National Coming Out Day.[12]

References
  1. "The Brothers". The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. "In Love and Service Bound". The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. "The Servant" (PDF). Gregorians.org. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. Marech, Rona (October 27, 2000). "Film Arts Festival Spotlights City's Independent Spirit". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  5. "Docside Film Festival". San Antonio Current. April 11, 2002. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  6. "How To Be a Disciple and Digital". Church Publishing. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  7. "Tribe:fire-songs". Amazon. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  8. Katherine Magdalene Rose (February 13, 2019). "winter breviary". Amazon. ASIN B07NQS6FQ6. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  9. Katherine Magdalene Rose (November 8, 2019). "she who willows among thorns". Amazon. ASIN B08GRSMLTX. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  10. Conn, Jordan (October 2, 2008). "In Episcopal Church, Gays and Lesbians Pray for Equality". Mission Local. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  11. Rose, Katherine. "Anchundo-Yarian Wedding 2008". The Guardian. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  12. Rose, Katherine (October 11, 2017). "Welcome to me". PunkMonk San Francisco. Retrieved October 11, 2017.


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