Some people are born physically and genetically male and female. It may come as a shock to some people to learn that not everyone is born genetically and physically either male or female. People are sometimes born a combination of these two sexes. Sometimes, at birth the doctors will try to correct the situation and perform surgery and provide medications to enhance a person's gender identification. But the fact remains, that is not the way they were born.
Life can be extremely difficult for these people, as others may notice they do not look typically male or female. They may have difficulty blending in with society and suffer from negative peer pressure. They need our compassion as they try to lead their lives in our critical world.
The world health organization (WHO) currently views people who are physically male or female, but who are gender dysphoric as having a mental illness. However the WHO is reviewing that position and may eventually come to recognize gender dysphoria as something other.
I don't need to wait for the WHO to tell me how to feel about this. If I cannot judge physically and genetically intersex people, because that would be insensitive and unfair, then I'm going to hold back on judging others who are gender dysphoric.
Human judgment is often seriously flawed. We live in a relative world, and we cannot possibly understand every angle and everything going on around us. Recently as our society has become more and more intolerant, people within it have chafed at its confines.
It's very easy to say you're not like me, so I don't like you. But, let's stop doing that; let's all try to remember that God created all of us, and we are one world and one people.
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