The word shakina--lowercase--is a distinctly Hebraic one. Specifically, it refers to the feminine presence of the divine spirit.
Washed in the blood of Jimmy Carter's Southern Baptist on my mother's side, myself, I'm wont to call it the most important side of Elohim (as per that old Gnostic notion of Christ as both man and woman).
Too bad, though, the name Transgendered Jesus is already taken. Because those are probably the best two words to describe one SHAKINA Nayfack--definitely uppercase.
Miss Nayfack's gender confirmation campaign "KickStartHer" first came to me via the Daily News. Soon, Gothamist, Logo TV's "New Now Next" blog and even HuffPo Live followed.
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