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FireFromHeaven
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This is a series of three related areas that have been bugging me. I’d like to know if there is anything in the Magisterium or Church Tradition that deals with this.
First Intersex people. What is the Church’s view on Intersex? How are they to be cured? Should they be allowed to choose later or just assigned based on their genes?
Then Transgenders. I’ve heard that the Church doesn’t have any official teaching on this. Is gender reassignment surgery in accord with natural law? Have there been any philosophers or theologians who have thought on this matter?
Finally gender identity. Some people claim you can identify with a gender other than the one you are. Is this simply confusion on their part? Should they be accepted as their preferred gender or are they deluding themselves and need to be helped to accept their actual gender?
Quotes and links from church documents, saints, and other Catholic sources is appreciated.
First Intersex people. What is the Church’s view on Intersex? How are they to be cured? Should they be allowed to choose later or just assigned based on their genes?
Then Transgenders. I’ve heard that the Church doesn’t have any official teaching on this. Is gender reassignment surgery in accord with natural law? Have there been any philosophers or theologians who have thought on this matter?
Finally gender identity. Some people claim you can identify with a gender other than the one you are. Is this simply confusion on their part? Should they be accepted as their preferred gender or are they deluding themselves and need to be helped to accept their actual gender?
Quotes and links from church documents, saints, and other Catholic sources is appreciated.