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Norway Sees First Church Celebration of a Trans Person s Name Change July 20 2021 8:05 PM EDT A church in Norway has conducted a name change ceremony for a transgender woman, believed to be the first such church celebration in the nation. “I’m a member of the Norwegian church, and I’m also about to come ‘out of the closet’ as a Christian, so this ceremony is important to me,” the woman, Elin Stillingen, told Norway’s TV2 before the Saturday event, the Associated Press reports. Stillingen, now 49, transitioned and legally changed her name last year. Pastor Stein Ovesen led the ceremony at Hoff Church, a medieval structure located north of Oslo. It is affiliated with the Church of Norway, a Lutheran denomination that counts 70 percent of Norwegians among its members. ....