A more simple way of making the argument for trans inclusion without logic chopping would be: how could God, whom the scriptures describe as pure Love and Goodness itself, and who was revealed as a healer in Christ,
How it feels doing my hw before work and I realize that the table right in front of me is just two guys discussing republican campaign plans for a transphobic candidate
Gigareppers be like "If only I do X masculine thing for a while THEN I'll finally stop feeling like a woman and wanting to be one 😼” and then still troon out anyways
@countmaculad That is fair, thank you. I would say if someone was in this situation they should at the very least not make confession too regular or often, or they genuinely do risk diminishing the dignity of the sacrament itself. Which was the intent of my original post
“Hating Women? Funny. Calling LGBT people pedophiles? Hilarious, classic. Trans suicide? Literally splitting my sides laughing rn. Daring to say trad Cath men are addicted to gooning? Nah man that is so f’d up and evil.”
Since the accidents of the body can be modified but not the brain, it seems requisite to alter the body in a way that allows the fullest possible expression of the person’s psychological nature.
The typical Catholic polemic of “oh but with HRT or SRS there is no diseased tissue being treated so it’s unethical” is not acceptable. My reply is that gender dissonance is something different than mere disease, as science has shown that it is a mismatch between body and brain.