gender identity

On Wednesday, a Catholic bookstore filed a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville, Florida, for requiring the business to use customers' preferred pronouns.

The Cambridge Dictionary has changed the definitions of “man” and “woman” to also include transgender individuals in a move that is drawing criticism from prominent conservatives.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) says it will add a third gender option for “nonbinary/genderqueer” people when it collects data about its members in what is the latest example of the leftward drift of the mainstream denomination.

A California archaeology professor is rejecting a push from activists to omit gender identifications on ancient human remains. The activists claim that gender cannot be assigned to the remains because it is not known how the ancient humans classified themselves by gender.

There are ways to not say something that is not true. We can avoid using nonbinary or opposite-sex pronouns, and instead use names. And, we can use plural pronouns to talk about a group rather than an individual. Still, as Dr. Merriweather’s situation illustrates, these alternatives will not satisfy everyone. And, when there is no choice but to use third person pronouns, the only way to tell the truth is to use the pronouns that align with biology, not ideology.

The issue of gender identity and transgenderism is at the forefront of our culture today, and it is also affecting the church. This has led to many Christian leaders to weigh in on what the Bible has to say about transgenderism. Because of the platforms that they have, these Christian leaders' beliefs on transgenderism and gender identity are particularly influential. Below are quotes from 10 different Christian leaders on this issue.

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A student at a private Christian college in California says she lost points on her final paper for referring to God as male.

A longtime USA Swimming official has resigned in protest after the University of Pennsylvania allowed a trans-identifying biological male to compete on the school’s women’s swimming team despite competing for three years on the men’s team.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is gaining attention this week for a tweet she posted about how rapes in Scotland could soon be reported.

One of the world's most prominent atheists has sided with Christians and traditionalists in the debate over gender by asking his followers to sign a document that declares the "meaning of the word 'woman'" should not "be changed to include men."