River Needham, MA ThM (she/her) queeries the Tanakh reading for Queerying the Text. River earned her Bachelor of Arts from Luther College in 2011, and earned her Master of Arts in 2019 and Master of Theology in 2021 both from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Her MA summative evaluation was titled Transgender Lifecycle Rituals: Christian and Christopagan Resources for the Journey. River's areas of interest include Tanakh, ritual, transgender studies and theological anthropology. Her experience in diverse religious communities and her commitment to interfaith dialogue and religious diversity show up throughout her Queeries. Although Queerying is focused in the Christian tradition, River intentionally and regularly brings Wiccan, Jewish, and Islamic texts, theologies, and philosophies into the conversation. You may find her on Twitter, on Facebook, and email at: RiverNeedham (at) RiverNeedham.org.