Do you know any gender-fluid or trans-curious kids? Do you know any families with a child that questions their birth-assigned gender? Do you know any trans people? This isn’t even abnormal. There have always been people who questioned their gender. It’s just that now we have more knowledge about gender dysphoria and we have a way to hel…
Do you know any gender-fluid or trans-curious kids? Do you know any families with a child that questions their birth-assigned gender? Do you know any trans people? This isn’t even abnormal. There have always been people who questioned their gender. It’s just that now we have more knowledge about gender dysphoria and we have a way to help people who don’t feel that their assigned gender is who they really are.
If someone is diagnosed with diabetes, doctors know how to help them stay alive. The same should apply to gender dysphoria. We know how to “treat” it but because gender dysphoria involves gender identity and some religions are emphatic about gender identity, it becomes a morality issue, not a medical issue. Maybe if we weren’t so hung up on sexual “morality” we wouldn’t judge people who don’t accept their birth-assigned gender. Some indigenous peoples have more than two genders as part of their culture. Maybe the problem is with our culture’s insistence on only one idea of sexual norms. Try to imagine a society that accepts every person’s gender identity as normal. Maybe we wouldn’t have to “fix” people who don’t identify with their birth-assigned gender. There would be no need for gender reassignment. We would accept all people for who they really are and benefit from a truly diverse community.
Do you know any gender-fluid or trans-curious kids? Do you know any families with a child that questions their birth-assigned gender? Do you know any trans people? This isn’t even abnormal. There have always been people who questioned their gender. It’s just that now we have more knowledge about gender dysphoria and we have a way to help people who don’t feel that their assigned gender is who they really are.
If someone is diagnosed with diabetes, doctors know how to help them stay alive. The same should apply to gender dysphoria. We know how to “treat” it but because gender dysphoria involves gender identity and some religions are emphatic about gender identity, it becomes a morality issue, not a medical issue. Maybe if we weren’t so hung up on sexual “morality” we wouldn’t judge people who don’t accept their birth-assigned gender. Some indigenous peoples have more than two genders as part of their culture. Maybe the problem is with our culture’s insistence on only one idea of sexual norms. Try to imagine a society that accepts every person’s gender identity as normal. Maybe we wouldn’t have to “fix” people who don’t identify with their birth-assigned gender. There would be no need for gender reassignment. We would accept all people for who they really are and benefit from a truly diverse community.
What's the definition of "gender"?