Erin Katrina Swenson[1] (born 1947) is an American minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is recognized as an early openly transgender Christian cleric and was the first mainline Protestant to be so when the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta voted in favor of sustaining her ordination as minister in 1996 after two decades of service.
After transitioning, Swenson sought affirmation for her therapy ministry and name change from the church. Despite controversy, the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta upheld her ordination as a minister on October 22, 1996, with a vote of 186 to 161, despite conservative opposition. She founded SAGE and co-moderated More Light Presbyterians, an LGBT advocacy group within Presbyterian Church. In 2005, she received the Lazarus Award for empowering LGBT individuals.
As of 2020[update], Swenson is retired from ministry and hosts the podcast "So Much More than Gender".