Argument Against Transgenderism

by Lily Tadros

One thing that many LGBTQ people (and even Christians) would not see a problem with is transgenderism. Many people argue that there are not many differences between a male and a female, “just a few unimportant body parts”. I hope to explain the reason why God created two genders: male and female, and why what gender you’re born with is the one that stays with you, and is unchangeable.

To start, males and females have more differences than just a few mere body parts. Biologically, their brains are different. Women develop (maturity-wise) at a younger age than men. Men are generally more muscular and tough, where women are more commonly more delicate and tender. However, it is more about why they have these differences than what they are. Males bare built tougher than females because God made them to protect and work for their families. Women are naturally more tender and soft because God made them as a companion to men, to take care of housework and (more importantly) children. Men are naturally more risk-takers because God meant them to shield their families and protect them from harm, so they have to take risks to see what is safe and what is not. Women naturally are slightly more patient and understanding than men because, as stated before, they are meant to help nurture and care for the children of their house. Of course, men can be soft and gentle, but they are generally more leaderlike. Women, too, can be strong and risky but are generally more patient and empathetic. That is one reason we have two different genders instead of just one.

Another reason, the obvious, is that you cannot reproduce with only males, just like you could not reproduce with only females. The Bible says in Genesis 1:22, “be fruitful and multiply.” We can only do that with both males and females. There is no other way to “be fruitful and multiply” as the Lord commands us. That is another reason why we have two genders: they complete each other.

As for changing your gender, you can physically change your hair, clothes, makeup, and other changes like that your physical appearance, but you cannot change what is naturally inside you, like body parts, motherly/fatherly instinct, gender-based personality traits and other things like that. God made each one of us what we are for a reason. Only He has the power to make it and only He has the power to change it. Leave your gender up to Him because  He knows His specific plans for you, and they are better than anything you might have in store for yourself (Jeremiah 29:11).

“So God created mankind in his own image,  

        in the image of God he created them;  

      male and female he created them.”

        ~Genesis 1:27~

   “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, 

neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: 

   for all that do so are abominations unto the LORD thy God.”

    ~Deuteronomy 22:5~