text: They are caught between their bodies and their church - but have managed to walk a line between the two. These three Mormons, all from Utah, have realized that they are transgender - a designation not officially recognized by the Church of Latter Day Saints. Indeed, church doctrine states that anybody who takes their transgender identity to the extent of gender reassignment surgery cannot be baptized - and could face discipline from church elders if they are already a member of the religion. However, in the case of Annabel Jensen, Grayson Moore and Sara Jade Woodhouse, they have found a way to exist within the Mormon universe - often with the help of local Mormon leaders. Scroll down for video . Struggles: Grayson Moore, left with his mother, and Annabel Jensen, right, have both transitioned gender. Grayson used to be Grace and Annabel was once Christopher . Changed: Sara Jade Woodhouse, above, changed gender much later in life. As a man, she had married and fathered a child . As an extensive profile of the three in the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper reveals, the three have managed stay devout members of the church while navigating the difficulties of their gender identity. According to the Tribune, around 30 transgender Mormons meet every week in a support group, and have started to get the attention of senior church members. Grayson Moore, 22, is a math student at the University of Utah, and first came to terms with being transgender in junior high. Until then, he had been known as Grace, but made the decision to throw out his girls' clothes, swap his name to Grayson and start living as a male. Therapy: Moore, pictured above at home in Syracuse, Utah, started taking testosterone hormones several years after switching to wearing boys' clothes . Several years later he began testosterone therapy, which has made his body more masculine. He attends an all-male congregation, but is officially still listed as female by the church. He told the Tribune that after being told about gender identity disorder by his mother, he prayed to God asking 'Am I your son?' and felt the answer was 'yes'. While he understood the change would be hard, he said 'there was a bigger risk in not transitioning.' Accepted: Jensen told how she was welcomed when telling a Mormon bishop of her transgender identity . 'Living that lie was killing me.' Annabel Jensen, who was born Christopher, got as far as being ordained as a Mormon elder and was lined up to go on a two-year mission before she confronted her identity as a woman. She came out to her family, who told her she couldn't wear women's clothes and insisted on using her old name. Jensen, who is estranged from her parents and siblings, now lives alone and has started taking hormones to be more female. She said: 'One of my brothers sent me a text calling me a monster. I miss my family, but I don't want to visit. It's become too painful.' However, she has found solace in the church, and says the bishop of her ward was unambiguous about letting her join in. She remembers him saying: 'I don't know anything about being a transgender Mormon - but it's my job to welcome you.' Sara Jade Woodhouse had already grown up, and had a wife a child by the time she embraced her female identity, which she says she felt since grade school. She separated from her wife after deciding she could go no longer without changing her identity. She explained the switch to her daughter, then five, who said she found it 'weird' but looked forward to playing dolls with her. Woodhouse remains devout but is not allowed to attend the Relief Society - an all-female organization within the church. Difficult: Woodhouse has not been allowed to participate in some female Mormon activities, but says that she believes her gender identity is compatible with Mormon teachings . However, she believes that church doctrine on gender being eternal and unchangeable is compatible with her situation. She told the Tribune: 'We know that some people are born with ambiguous genitalia or with both - it is absolutely possible for a perfect feminine soul to end up in a male body and vice versa.' Even the most senior members of the church are starting to take notice of the Mormon transgender population. Dallin H. Oaks, one of the twelve apostles who are in the top echelon of the church hierarchy, said more needs to be done. He told the Tribune: '[Mormon leaders] have not had so much experience with [transgender persons]... We have some unfinished business on that.'
target: Grayson Moore, Annabel Jensen and Sara Woodhouse are transgender .
  Moore, formerly Grace, realized in high school and takes testosterone .
  Jensen, who was born Christopher, also takes hormone treatments .
  Mormon church will not baptize anybody who has sex change procedures .
  Woodhouse transitioned later in life - he was married with a daughter .
  The three have found varying degrees of acceptance into Mormon life .