The “transgender” mask—no matter how convincingly applied through cross-sex hormones and cosmetic surgery—is an unachievable fantasy, and it is contrary to biological reality. I should know. I lived as a woman for eight years.
Thirty trillion cells make up the human body, and they deliver undeniable evidence of one’s sexual identity, either XX (female) or XY (male). Cross-sex hormones and surgery cannot change intrinsic sex.
In its 2024 declaration “Infinite Dignity,” the Vatican called gender-affirming surgery a grave violation of human dignity. God created man and woman as biologically different, separate beings, it said, and people must not tinker with that plan or try to “make oneself God.”
On a personal level, after identifying as a female for eight years, I now understand all too well that “gender affirming care” serves up copious amounts of hormones in concert with a big bundle of cosmetic surgeries that only affect superficial appearance. None of the procedures can change the 30 billion cells that identify one’s sex.
However, what the practices at gender clinics can do is dehumanize and destroy men and women by carving away at God’s design and harming their ability to reproduce. Gender clinics don’t make women out of men, or men out of women—they just leave vulnerable people in a lost state, wearing a mask to disguise the truth of biological sex.
Gender ideology is so popular because of how reluctant so many of us are to speak this simple truth.
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Using phrases like “transgender female” or “transgender male” gives the impression that hormones and surgery magically transform the internal wonders of God’s stamp on each of 30 trillion cells. We must stop using language that suggests gender clinics have power over God’s design. Let’s instead use a more accurate phrase, “a man identifying as female,” which is true because men can identify as female all day long, but they can never become women.
Our language should honor God’s design of male and female. This is particularly important for those of us who have faith in Jesus Christ; we must understand that our obedience to God will bring us life, stability in our faith, and salvation from sin.
So, let’s boot the “men identifying as females” out of women’s sports and private spaces. Let’s stop saying someone “transitioned”—it isn’t possible. Likewise, no one is a “detransitioner” because they never “transitioned.” I do not call myself a “detransitioner,” because not even 12 years of hormones; numerous “top,” “bottom,” and facial surgeries; and a new birth certificate rose to the level of “transitioning” me into a female. I was always a man who mistakenly “identified as a woman.”
I’m not a Catholic, but when the Vatican called gender-affirming surgery a grave violation of human dignity, I applauded.
Language is important. Rejecting God’s truth by our choice of words can lead to spiritual apathy and confusion, lowered moral standards, and churches that, instead of honoring and glorifying God and changing the world, are being changed by the world.
Consider how effective we can be if we stop using vocabulary that implies gender clinics are successfully turning men into women (and vice versa).
The enormity of 30 trillion cells (that’s 29 trillion more cells than Elon Musk has dollars) testifies to God’s beautiful design of immutable sexual identity, male and female.
As someone who started having identity confusion at 4 years of age and now is 85 years old, I have gained considerable knowledge and personally worked with many people who experienced regrettable outcomes from pursuing a “trans” identity.
Cross-sex hormones and surgery brought harm to my body and were the biggest mistake of my life. But finding faith in Jesus was the biggest gift. He brought redemption and healing to me in 1990, and ever since then, I identify as a man, the man He created me to be in every cell of my body from the moment of conception.
I pray all who have distress over their gender will come to Jesus in prayer and find the peace He offers.
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