Let's Talk About Sex: Gender
May 7, 2023

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Freaky Friday
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Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner
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Reality TV Show I am Jazz:
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American Girl Book:
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“You can appreciate your body for everything it allows you to experience and still want to change certain things about it…If you haven’t gone through puberty yet, the doctor might offer medicine to delay your body’s changes, giving you more time to think about your gender identity.”

St. Louis County Judge’s Ruling:
- What was once clear about sexuality and gender has now become complex and confusing.
- Sex is considered to be what makes someone biologically male or female.
- Gender is considered to be who I identify as.
- Sex is assigned based on my body; gender is assigned based in my mind.
- Gender dysphoria is incongruence between body and mind.

When body and mind are incongruous, which one wins?

Heresy: to choose for yourself.

“So, God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” —Genesis 1.27

“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made…” —Psalm 139.13-14

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” —Paul, 1st Corinthians 6.19-20

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God…Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” —Paul, Romans 12.1-2

Does dysphoria give me license to pursue altering or changing my gender?

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“The secular answer is for everybody to transition. The Christian answer is for everybody to get healing through ministry. The reality for most of us is that we live with it every day, and it’s just painful.” —Mark Yarhouse

Iceberg:

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“Embodied” by Preston Sprinkle
“Love Thy Body” by Nancy P. Pearcey
“Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier
“For the Body” by Timothy Tennent