Transexuals

[Aroura]

I'm going to stop here (without quoting, sorry... I just don't want to scroll back to find it) and address what Chad said about identifying people, and that we wouldn't describe a mugger by their self-identity.

That's an astounding red herring!

If I knew a person, was aware of their personal attributes, and was trying to tell someone else about that person, then you bet your ass I'd include "self-identified" identities. For instance, Chad, I'd tell people you're my Christian friend, including that with other elements of your description that you may have chosen for yourself-- like, if you prefer to go by Chad instead of the long-form, Chadwick. (Rarely used anymore, but not the point.) It means that, whether or not biology works the way you seem to think it does, and they're "just choosing" to say they're the opposite gender, it's irrelevant to whether or not we should grant them the basic decency and respect of acknowledging them as they wish to be called.

However, that's not really an issue, since (as others have pointed out to you), we've come to recognize some things in the past couple of decades which were misunderstood or not at all understood, previously. Among those things we've discovered are the epigenetic and developmental factors that lead to physical and neurological development, and which may produce shades of grey we simply did not recognize before, as a society. As such, new terms must be invented to describe the phenomena.

I think it may help you (and I don't mean that in a disparaging way) to read an article by a pastor, covering his own path of discovering the facts about this situation, and doing a surprisingly good job of "getting it right". I also recommend everyone else read it-- I was shocked to see a Baptist preacher preferring to learn something over sticking with his "well that's just what I was brought up to believe!" prejudices.

https://baptistnews.com/2016/02/17/the-f...oom-bills/

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