Megan Rohrer

Megan Rohrer (he/him), DMin, is an activist and social influencer known for their LGBTQ and homeless advocacy. Featured on Netflix's Queer Eye, People, Time, Cosmo and at Wittenberg, German's celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Megan currently works at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, CA. The renowned black church, is celebrated around the world for its care for the homeless, addiction recovery support and justice work.

One of 18 pastors defiantly ordained when American Lutherans did not allow LGBT pastors to serve openly, Megan was the first transgender pastor ordained in the Lutheran church and served as the first transgender bishop. He received an honorable mention as an Unsung Hero of Compassion at a ceremony with His Holiness the Dali Lama, were presented a Medal of Tolerance by the King of Tallo in Indonesia and received an honorary doctorate from Palo Alto University.

Megan served at Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal congregations in San Francisco and as a chaplain to the San Francisco Police Department. For 12 years, Pastor Megan worked primarily with San Francisco’s LGBT homeless community. In addition to feeding the hungry on Polk Street and in the Castro, Pastor Megan has created programs to provide groceries for HIV+ individuals, and advocated nationally for homeless LGBT youth and to help faith communities’ welcome LGBT individuals. Megan’s advocacy brought national attention to the issues faced by transgender women of color, when they raised the funds needed to get Meagan Taylor released from jail in Des Moines, IA.

Megan also served on the steering committees for the San Francisco Women's March and TransMarch, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s LGBT Advisory committee, as a co-chair for the Local Homeless Coordinating Board (appointed by the mayor) was an Associate Night Minister with the San Francisco Night Ministry and created a project that provided over 2,000 pairs of prescription glasses to the homeless on the Big Island of Hawaii and in San Francisco.

Listed in the Trans100, Pastor Megan’s exhibit on transgender mentoring from 1976-2009 in San Francisco was displayed at the GLBT Historical Society and won OutHistory’s Since Stonewall Local History Competition. Megan has also won international awards for the Trans themed documentary Zanderology and was a finalist in transgender non-fiction for the Lambda Literary Award.

One of the many pastors arrested protesting Prop 8, Megan has officiated at countless weddings for LGBT individuals before and after the marriages were legally recognized. Megan lives near Golden Gate Park with their wife Laurel, two kids and two cats.