Christians, being “trans” is never OK. Transsexuals are not “OK” with God. Claiming anyone can change gender is not OK with God. Not even in the privacy of one’s own home. And anyone saying they support those who claim they or anyone can change their gender is never “OK” with God.
This seems a strange thing to say to those who claim their religion is “Bible based”, but it still needs to be said. I can’t think of anything worse than hearing a preacher or Christian politician say “I don’t mind what you do in your own home” so they are liked more by their audience, or need the money or votes. Or maybe because they just don’t care.
But seriously, it’s not OK with God for people to claim that others can change their sexual identity, and especially not through surgery or drugs.
I can’t think of any preachers or wannabe politicians who claim “rape is OK as long as it’s done in private,” or “child abuse is OK as long as it’s done in private”.
And yet many Christians seem to make the statement that being trans (or any other sexual deviancy, sodomy, etc) is “OK as long as it’s done in private/their own home/ bedroom”.
Being trans isn’t OK with Jesus!
Most I’ve met, or have worked or lived with, have been abused, groomed, rejected or neglected . Those things are never OK and shouldn’t be what someone forms an identity around.
Christians should instead be seeking to deal with the issues that underlie the self hatred:
Abuse: verbal, physical or sexual is never OK
Grooming or indoctrination by parents, predators or teachers is never OK.
Rejection hurts, but shouldn’t lead to self hatred.
Neglect or abandonment shouldn’t lead to self hatred either.
And often it’s a combination of issues, so Christians; being trans is never OK.
When they’re screaming out telling you their new gender, it’s a sign of the hurt underneath.
Christians should be helping their recovery from the above underlying issues, not telling these people that the cause of their distress is that they’re in the wrong body, or that their deviant behaviour is OK, just as long as they hide it from us.
God made us in his own image, male and female,. God knew us before we were born, and we were created to be holy, sacred, to be partakers of his own divine nature. And it’s never too late to start that journey.