Identity
Religion, Medicine, and the Future of Transgender Youth
Are medical and religious rights at odds in transgender youth care? Explore the ethical and legal battles in this high-stakes controversy.
C.D. Cunningham
June 26, 2024
Are medical and religious rights at odds in transgender youth care? Explore the ethical and legal battles in this high-stakes controversy.
Is identity subjective or divine? Ancient philosophy and modern debates converge to redefine gender perceptions.
What do leaked WPATH files and the Cass Review reveal? Youth gender medicine practices are unethical and harmful.
Those who disagree with medical and social transition efforts deserve therapy that respects their values.
Do healthy male-to-male relationships influence sexual fluidity? One man’s experience led him to research the question.
Is traditional courtship outdated? Modern views that erase these customs lose the gender-specific rituals that enhance heterosexual relationships. We should celebrate and preserve these gendered differences.
How do the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ help members compassionately support LGBT+ Saints, address pride events, and offer guidance for meaningful dialogue and understanding?
A response to Patrick Mason on gender and sexuality, with suggested readings for those unfamiliar with the robust rationale for Biblical marriage provided by Latter-day Saints and many scholars.
Some mistakenly assume that ongoing restoration means every aspect of the church is open to future change. Here are a few questions for anyone ready to declare a grand future development (just out of current prophetic view).
What if we become who we are by aligning ourselves with truth?
Influential voices tell us that to be yourself, you need to reject external sources of meaning—and follow “your truth.” But detaching authenticity from truth leads to emptiness, not fulfillment.
In contrast with self-worship, authentic love of self is grounded in the transcendent love of God and the real understanding of identity His love conveys to us.