How an Evangelical Pastor in Troy Became an Unlikely Ally to His Trans Daughter

How an Evangelical Pastor in Troy Became an Unlikely Ally to His Trans Daughter

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet.“Why can’t you fucking talk to me?” Beatrice Cox screamed at her father. “Why can’t you look me in the eye? Why can’t you call me by my name?” It was 2021, and Danny Cox remembers looking at his child, then 22, and feeling a profound confusion. Growing up in the Catholic church and eventually becoming an Evangelical pastor, he remembered what he h…