HOW I RECONCILE BEING TRANS AND CATHOLIC:
Since this thread got very long and disorganized, here it is in Substack essay form. Link: https://t.co/9c6xUKH7ME
THREAD: HOW I RECTIFY BEING TRANS AND CATHOLIC
Sometimes I get DMs or comments asking about this. I wanted to make my argument without the mere weak appeals to God being le hecking wholesome, but a real argument. This has had many iterations but here is a thorough summary.
A funny thing about universities is that theoretically if you learned the lecture schedules you could just sit in on lectures you want to hear for free and get a free education
You can literally say “hey so in Thomistic Psychology, gender identity pertains to the sensitive act of the soul as an estimative power, and sex pertains to the vegetative act” and ciscaths will STILL accuse you of Cartesian psychology. Why?
Cartesian dualism seems to be a good way to think about this condition. My soul feels like it thrashes against the flesh it has been bound to, and they feel like two things at war with each other, not one.
A trans woman died because of the UK’s new hospital ward policy forcing them men's wards. Joelle was only 27 — a musician, coder, and daughter. This is what happens when they care more about demagoguery, backwards views of sex, non-existent risk than people's well being.
@SethCarr5 I believe in Thomistic psychology, which states that the vegetative and sensitive natures depend on each other, but are distinct things. Indeed, pope Francis said that sex and gender may be distinguished but not separated from each other (Amoris Laetitia 56)
THREAD: HOW I RECTIFY BEING TRANS AND CATHOLIC
Sometimes I get DMs or comments asking about this. I wanted to make my argument without the mere weak appeals to God being le hecking wholesome, but a real argument. This has had many iterations but here is a thorough summary.
it's sick to me that trans men are punished for having any amount of femininity to them while cis gay men are allowed to get bbls and surge themselves up and still be accepted as men. not that fem gays shouldn't be accepted as men, it's both fem gays and fem trans men should.