About the Founder

K R Klein

A native to the San Francisco Bay Area, I grew up in a family of five siblings. Married for 44 years, with three children and three grandchildren, I worked professionally as a graphic artist, fine artist, photographer, writer, teacher and was trained as a commissioned Stephen Minister.

Growing up in the Christian church I served in various ministry capacities, including: Art Director at Jews for Jesus in San Francisco, California; Art Director for the Christian publication Radix Magazine in Berkeley, California; Executive Board Member of True North Christian Fellowship, and participated in the first ever Transgender Religious Leaders Summit at the Pacific School of Religion (PSR) in Berkeley, California in 2007. In April of 2009, I attended the 2009 Transgender Religious Leaders Summit, in Washington DC where, I joined with other religious leaders, to lobby for successful passage of the Hate Crimes Bill (Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009). From 2010 through 2014 I was pleased to co-host, along with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLGS) the Transgender Religious Leaders Summit, bringing it back to the PSR Berkeley Campus. I have spoken and taught at various conferences, including Creating Change, Southern Comfort in Atlanta and Florida, Atlanta Comfort, Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and Keystone Trans Conference.

“There is a line in a song that we sing in church that really resonates with me. ‘No guilt in life. No fear in Death. This is the power of Christ in me.’ Letting go of my guilt and trusting in grace has given me immense joy and peace. The love and acceptance displayed in the teachings of Jesus continues to amaze me.”