An Open Letter to the Transgender Community

To the Transgender community,

I know people struggle with being transgender. I am very passionate about this topic because I love Theology of the Body. I do not mean to alienate anyone who may read this, but I want to see if you can follow my logic. The church teaches that God is perfect, therefore He doesn’t make mistakes in what He creates. Every THING is good. (The reason I emphasize that word is because not every action is good. You can look at our world to see this is true.) Also, everything has a purpose and can be used to better this world. Therefore, you who deal with gender dysphoria, are good, have a purpose in God’s creation, and can help bring God’s kingdom here on earth. BUT you are good as God created you. God didn’t want them to struggle with gender dysphoria, but He wants to redeem you through it.

Men and women have different anatomy, and if we begin to treat a woman like a man, or vice versa, we could seriously harm that individual. We do not give people who are struggling with alcoholism alcohol, nor give drugs to drug addicts for the rest of their lives because that would harm them. These people wouldn’t be cured for life. But letting people who deal with gender dysphoria go through the transition SHOULD be a bad move, but it is considered the loving thing to do??? That makes no sense.

If I were to boil the purpose of our gender down into one sentence it would be: men are supposed to protect and women are supposed to nurture. I have known many guys who would not fall into the stereotypical vein of being a man, but they live out their masculinity in their own way. I know a woman who only likes being/identifies with a woman for one reason. That is fine. Find your one thing before you say to God that He made a mistake. Because I can guarantee He did not. Hopefully, you can find other things that would not look weird if you were the other gender. Do not fall into the trap that guys only like sports and girls only like shopping. These are stereotypes, not reality. I, as a little girl, wanted to play Pokemon, but didn’t because I thought it was a boy’s game. Looking back, I wish someone would have told me that I could have played. I am not a guy because I wanted to play it, but now I would be told I am a guy. I speak so many more words than any guy. (I have a blog for crying out loud.) I guess what I’m trying to say gender is not on one spectrum but two, and that is a BEAUTIFUL thing. There are simply things that women can do that men cannot and no amount of hormones will make it change. Conceiving is what I’m thinking of. A man can never conceive a child in his body. So many saints that are different from each other and each one helped the Church in their own unique way.

I have heard it said that God loves us so much that He doesn’t want to leave us where we are. He’s a Good Father who wants to heal His children. (Think about it: God is Father and a doctor, which I think is pretty cool.) Yes, God wants you to get healing, but I REALLY don’t think it is through making the transition. God made you and me a particular gender because He knew this gender would help us get to Heaven, and He knows us SO intimately better than we even know ourselves! Through the struggle you are feeling, you WILL get to Heaven. God wants to enter into your EVERY situation and struggle in your like and help you through. Will you let Him into your heart? I have heard too many stories of people and saints who struggled with something and it came a part of their story to holiness. I beg of you to find one reason God created your BIOLOGICAL gender before you say He made a mistake. Because your biological gender is where you will find holiness and be most whole.

I guess what I’m trying to say is God has a plan for your life. It is so much bigger and better than you can imagine and being your BIOLOGICAL gender is a part of it.

Sincerely,

Angela