That makes me very happy. Joan of Arc has always been my favorite. She holds out a perfect example for LGBTQ youth. She was a nineteen year old transgendered woman and there is some evidence that she was also a lesbian. Despite those social handicaps she won the admiration of the world as a great warrior and a devout Christian.

Jeanne's warning to Bishop Cauchon:

"You say that you are my judge. I do not know if you are! But I tell you that you must take good care not to judge me wrongly, because you will put yourself in great danger. I warn you, so that if God punishes you for it, I would have done my duty by telling you!"

Joan’s heresy conviction was largely based on the fact that she cross-dressed. Bishop Cauchon’s role was much like the homophobes in the church today, judging the maiden based on what kneejerkers call a “lifestyle choice.” The fact that her conviction was nullified and that in subsequent centuries she was beatified is clear evidence that the church accepts the transgendered not only among its faithful but also among its saints.

Benedict XVI referred to the maiden as one of "those strong women who at the end of the Middle Ages brought the Gospel to bear on the complex events of history."