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Category: <span>Transgenderism</span>

Category: Transgenderism

How a Theology of Gender helps us understand the movement to identify as the opposite gender.

The Trans-Gay Link

The Trans-Gay Link

By Sam A. Andreades May 19, 2023 May 19, 2023 2

I have friends who deal with same sex attraction and who also speak about gender confusion in their childhood or youth. What is the meaning of the connection?

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Announcing a new book: Across the Kitchen Table

Announcing a new book: Across the Kitchen Table

By Sam A. Andreades May 12, 2023 May 25, 2023 1

You sit there bewildered. Across the kitchen table, your teen has just declared “this body is not who I am.” This is throwing you for a loop. Here is some help.

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Who is Creating Gender Stereotypes?

Who is Creating Gender Stereotypes?

By Sam A. Andreades April 28, 2023 April 26, 2023 0

The Trans education that public schools conduct today follows a curious route. It pays to understand it if you are speaking to a product of it.

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No Fixed Outcome Except for One: Review of  When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents, by Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets

No Fixed Outcome Except for One: Review of When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents, by Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets

By Sam A. Andreades April 7, 2023 April 20, 2023 2

The 2022 book is supposed to help with LGBT+ confessions in the family. Its “no fixed outcome” approach presses for any but one particular outcome.

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Should I Change the Name of This Website?

Should I Change the Name of This Website?

By Sam A. Andreades March 24, 2023 March 23, 2023 12

Confusing Title or Skilled Outreach? Help me out, here. Should I use a different name now?

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Ancient Transgenderism at Uruk

Ancient Transgenderism at Uruk

By Sam A. Andreades February 10, 2023 February 9, 2023 0

Q: Can the Bible help transgender folks? Did its authors even have words for non-binary and trans? A: Departure from the gift of gender has ancient pedigree.

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Diagnosing Trans in Teens

Diagnosing Trans in Teens

By Sam A. Andreades February 3, 2023 February 2, 2023 0

Transgenderism is a big umbrella of a term. A parent or teacher of a teen standing under it needs a flowchart to get to the heart of what is going on.

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Listening to Stories From the Other Side

Listening to Stories From the Other Side

By Sam A. Andreades January 6, 2023 January 5, 2023 0

The 2018 book, Trans Life Survivors, shows the heavily populated other side of trans-surgery through collected email exchanges.

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A Fundamental of Being Human

A Fundamental of Being Human

By Sam A. Andreades December 30, 2022 December 29, 2022 2

What was among the most important events of this year? My choice would be the large number of transgender drugs and surgeries that 2022 witnessed.

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Coming to a Relationship Near You (Review of The Gospel in the Gay Bars)

Coming to a Relationship Near You (Review of The Gospel in the Gay Bars)

By Sam A. Andreades October 7, 2022 March 16, 2023 0

Gallup reports that 7.1% of all Americans now identify as LGBT+. A new book, The Gospel in the Gay Bars, helps us talk to people in the cultural orthodoxy.

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What's a Real Man? What's a True Woman?

Is gender real? Does it matter in relationships? What does God think about it? So many diverse questions on peoples' lips today come down to the same thing: What does gender mean? Is it a construct of society or self-perception? Or is it a gift to foster intimacy and fruitfulness in our relationships?

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This site fosters honest and thoughtful conversation about the pressing issue of gender. I write from a Christian perspective, placing great value on the Bible's wisdom about it. But just understanding the Bible's message on gender is a big job for our time, and so part of what we discuss here. We also take up questions posed by our current culture's sometimes confusing views on women & men, relationships and identity.

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If you are new here, you might want to start with the Big Picture posts, Three Questions... and Want It In A Nutshell?, briefly outlining what I see as the seven main principles of gender.

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The posts consist of commentary on current events, excerpts from my general book, transgenderism book, or book on dating, Biblical exposition, praise for the culture’s gender goodness and ruminations on its errors as I see them. We also welcome guest posts from gender-savvy writers.

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Read, think, and join the conversation!

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