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COMMON SENSE RAINBOW IS A SITE DEDICATED TO DEBUNKING ANTI LGBT+ ARGUMENTS AS
WELL AS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON LGBT+ TOPICS. WE HAVE CATALOGED
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FEATURED STUFF


LGBT+ CASE WATCH: DEFENDING LIFE-SAVING HEALTH CARE IN ALABAMA


THE ROADBLOCK TO BANNING CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE US


CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT


A FACTSHEET ON LGBT+ TOPICS IN SCHOOLS


CAN CONVERSION "THERAPY" CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION: THE DATA SAYS PROBABLY NOT


WHY TRANSITION WORKS



FEATURED RESOURCES


LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) PARENTED FAMILIES A LITERATURE
REVIEW PREPARED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY


A STUDY THAT REVIEWED THE LITERATURE AROUND SAME-SEX PARENTING FOUND NO NEGATIVE
AFFECT ON CHILDREN



WHAT DOES THE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH SAY ABOUT THE EFFECT OF GENDER TRANSITION ON
TRANSGENDER WELL-BEING?


A META ANALYSIS OF 55 STUDIES ON GENDER TRANSITION FOUND THAT GENDER TRANSITION
IMPROVES THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. 51 OF THE 55 STUDIES SHOWS
POSITIVE RESULTS WHILE 4 OF THE 55 STUDIES WERE INCONCLUSIVE.



PUBERTY BLOCKERS: A REVIEW OF GNRH ANALOGUES IN TRANSGENDER YOUTH


A REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON PUBERTY BLOCKERS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. IT FINDS THEY
ARE HELPFUL WITH MINOR RISKS.



ARGUMENTS DEBUNKED

HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL
HOMOSEXUALITY ENCOURAGES BAD ACTS
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOT TRADITIONAL
HOMOSEXUALITY IS DISGUSTING
HOMOSEXUALITY IS A MENTAL DISORDER
BEING TRANSGENDER/NON BINARY IS A NEW TREND
GAY PEOPLE DON'T REPRODUCE
GENESIS 1:27 SAYS THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS
SEX AND GENDER ARE THE SAME THING
GIVING BATHROOM RIGHTS TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PUTS CISGENDER WOMEN IN DANGER
LGBT+ EDUCATION SEXUALIZES STUDENTS
LGBT+ EDUCATION BRAINWASHES STUDENTS
TRANSITION HURTS PEOPLE
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DON'T EXIST
THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS
BIOLOGICAL SEX MATTERS MORE THAN GENDER
WHY CAN'T I BE A ATTACK HELICOPTER
WHY CAN'T I BE 60
LGBT+ PEOPLE JUST WANT ATTENTION
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE REDEFINE MARRIAGE
KIDS ARE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW THEY ARE LGB+
THERE IS A "GAY AGENDA"
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HARMS CHILDREN
INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE ERASES WOMEN
RAPID ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA
USING THEY/THEM IS UNGRAMMATICAL
THERE ARE TOO MANY LABELS
LOTS OF PEOPLE DE-TRANSITION
GAY PEOPLE DON'T EXIST
PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR SEXUALITY
LEVITICUS 18:22 BANS HOMOSEXUALITY
BEING LGBT+ IS AGAINST GOD'S PLAN
GENESIS 19 SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN
DEUTERONOMY 22:5 BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM WEARING GENDER AFFIRMING CLOTHES
DEUTERONOMY 23:1 BANS GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PERPETUATE GENDER STEREOTYPING
BIOLOGICAL SEX IS COMPLETELY UNCHANGEABLE
SEX IS ONLY YOUR ONLY YOUR CHROMOSOMES
PEOPLE ARE DEFINED BY THEIR AGAB
ROMANS 1:27 SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9 AND 1 TIMOTHY 1:9-10 BANS HOMOSEXUALITY
LGBT+ PEOPLE GET "SPECIAL TREATMENT"
TERF IS A SLUR
WOMEN/GAY PEOPLE BECOME TRANSGENDER TO ESCAPE SEXISM/HOMOPHOBIA
ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS ATTACK RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE TRANS
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ATTACKS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
ASEXUALITY DOES NOT EXIST / IS NOT VALID
KIDS ARE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW THEY ARE TRANSGENDER
MARRIAGE IS A HOLY CHRISTIAN UNION
BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HAVE AUTOGYNEPHILIA
PRONOUNS REFER TO BIOLOGY
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HURT THE MILITARY
THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TO WORK ON THAN LGBT+ RIGHTS
KIDS ARE RUSHED INTO TRANSITION
GAY PEOPLE MOLEST CHILD MORE THAN OTHERS
CONVERSION THERAPY WORKS AND/OR DOES NOT HARM PEOPLE
SCHOOLS SHOULD OUT LGBT+ STUDENTS IN THE NAME OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SHOULD BE BARRED FROM CHANGING THEIR LEGAL GENDER
SAME-SEX PEOPLE CAN'T BE MARRIED UNDER THE BIBLE
GENDER TRANSITION SUBVERTS REALITY
SAME-SEX INTIMACY IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROCREATION
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM SPORTS


Show all Religious Non Religious Homosexuality Transgender Non Binary General
Other


HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL


1. SAYING HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED
IN OVER 450 SPECIES OF MAMMALS WORLDWIDE AND MAY COME WITH CERTAIN EVOLUTIONARY
ADVANTAGES.
2. EVEN IF HOMOSEXUALITY WAS UNNATURAL THIS DOES NOT TELL ANYTHING ABOUT IT
BEING BAD. MANY THINGS PEOPLE CONSIDER TO BE UNNATURAL ARE GOOD. FOR EXAMPLE
MODERN MEDICINE, HOUSING, AND COMPUTERS. ALSO, MANY THINGS PEOPLE TREAT AS
NATURAL ARE BAD LIKE GETTING KILLED BY AN ANIMAL, DISEASE, AND NATURAL
DISASTERS.
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HTTPS://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/EXPLORE/SAVINGEARTH/DO-ANIMALS-EXHIBIT-HOMOSEXUALITY
HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM.UA/BOOKS?ID=TMFJ1LHBVWCC
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


HOMOSEXUALITY ENCOURAGES BAD THINGS


1. PEOPLE SAY THAT ACCEPTING/BEING GAY WILL LEAD TO THE ACCEPTANCE/DOING OF
OTHER STUFF LIKE ZOOPHILIA OR PEDOPHILIA. THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENT,
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE DO ONE THING DOES NOT MEAN PEOPLE WILL START DOING ANOTHER
THING.
2. THE VAST MAJORITY OF LGBT+ PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT PEDOPHILIA OR ZOOPHILIA.
3. WHY CAN'T THIS ARGUMENT BE USED AGAINST HETEROSEXUALITY, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
IS THE GENDER YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO. ONE MIGHT SAY THAT HETEROSEXUALITY IS
NATURAL WHILE BEING GAY IS NOT, BUT THIS ARGUMENT IS FLAWED.
4. RESEARCH SHOWS GAY PEOPLE DON'T MOLEST CHILDREN AT HIGHER RATES THAN OTHERS.
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HTTPS://WWW.SPLCENTER.ORG/FIGHTING-HATE/INTELLIGENCE-REPORT/2011/10-ANTI-GAY-MYTHS-DEBUNKED
HTTPS://LGBPSYCHOLOGY.ORG/HTML/FACTS_MOLESTATION.HTML
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOT TRADITIONAL


1. THIS ARGUMENT IMPLIES THAT THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE (BETWEEN A
MAN AND A WOMAN) IS INHERENTLY BETTER. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS OLD AND HAS
BEEN DONE FOR A LONG TIME DOES NOT MEAN IT'S BETTER. FOR EXAMPLE, SLAVERY IS AN
OLD "TRADITION" IN MANY OLD CIVILIZATIONS BUT IT'S NOT GOOD. THE DEFINITION
WHERE GAY PEOPLE CAN GET MARRIED IS BETTER BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM EQUAL RIGHTS
AND ALLOWS THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY MORE FREELY.
2. SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS DID HAPPEN IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD THROUGHOUT
HISTORY.
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HTTPS://PLATO.STANFORD.EDU/ENTRIES/HOMOSEXUALITY/
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


HOMOSEXUALITY IS DISGUSTING


1. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON THINKS SOMETHING IS DISGUSTING DOES NOT MEAN IT'S BAD.
PEOPLE THINK SOME FOODS ARE DISGUSTING BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE FOODS ARE BAD
FOR YOU OR THAT THEY SHOULD BE WIPED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
2. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALITY AND HETEROSEXUALITY IS THE GENDER
SOMEONE LIKES. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DISGUSTED ABOUT.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


HOMOSEXUALITY IS A MENTAL DISORDER


1. FIRST OF ALL, THE DEFINITION OF A MENTAL DISORDER STATES THAT IT MUST CAUSE
HARM TO A PERSON OR IMPAIR THEIR FUNCTION. HOMOSEXUALITY DOES NOT DO THIS, GAY
PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIFE NORMALLY WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING WHO THEY ARE
ATTRACTED TO.
2. HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL
MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM-5-TR), IT WAS REMOVED IN THE DSM-3-R IN 1973.
3. TODAY, MAJOR MEDICAL GROUPS DON'T CONSIDER HOMOSEXUALITY TO BE A DISORDER.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION APPLAUDED THE DECISION TO
DEPATHOLOGIZE HOMOSEXUALITY AND CALLED FOR THE ENDING OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
GAY PEOPLE.
4. EVEN IF HOMOSEXUALITY WAS A MENTAL DISORDER WHY SHOULD PEOPLE DENY GAY PEOPLE
RIGHTS? IT WOULD STILL BE DISCRIMINATION.
5. IF BEING GAY WAS CONSIDERED A MENTAL DISORDER, WHY WOULD THIS MATTER? A
MENTAL DISORDER IS JUST A LABEL AND BEING GAY DOES NOT REDUCE PEOPLE'S ABILITY
TO FUNCTION.
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HTTPS://MEDICAL-DICTIONARY.THEFREEDICTIONARY.COM/MENTAL+DISORDER
HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC4695779/
HTTPS://WWW.APA.ORG/ABOUT/POLICY/DISCRIMINATION
HTTPS://WWW.HRC.ORG/RESOURCES/POLICY-AND-POSITION-STATEMENTS-ON-CONVERSION-THERAPY
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


BEING TRANSGENDER/NON BINARY IS A NEW TREND


1. SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY THAT BEING TRANSGENDER OR NONBINARY IS JUST A RECENT
TREND. THIS IS WRONG AND TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
2. WHILE IT IS TRUE MORE PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER/NONBINARY NOW THEN
BEFORE, MUCH OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE LGBT+ MOVEMENT HELPING PEOPLE FIND OUT
ABOUT THEIR IDENITIES OR BE MORE COMFORTABLE COMING OUT. 3. YOU COULD CALL IT A
"TREND" IT'S BETTER THAN THE TREND OF BEING STUCK WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA AND
HAVING NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.
4. RAPID ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA IS BASELESS.
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HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/HISTORY/ARTICLE/HOW-HISTORIANS-ARE-DOCUMENTING-LIVES-OF-TRANSGENDER-PEOPLE
HTTPS://WWW.PBS.ORG/INDEPENDENTLENS/CONTENT/TWO-SPIRITS_MAP-HTML/
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TRANSGENDER - NON BINARY - NON RELIGIOUS


GAY PEOPLE DON'T REPRODUCE


1. SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS A NEGATIVE BUT IT MIGHT BE A PLUS. MORE BABIES
CONTRIBUTE TO OVERPOPULATION.
2. SAME-SEX COUPLES OFTEN ADOPT CHILDREN, AND ADOPTION IS CONSIDERED GOOD.
ACROSS THE US ALONE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 113,000 CHILDREN UP FOR ADOPTION.
SAME-SEX PARENTS HELP GIVE THESE CHILDREN A HOME, AND SAME-SEX COUPLES ADOPTING
DOES NOT HARM CHILDREN.
3. WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE MUCH
MORE THAN JUST REPRODUCING.
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HTTPS://WWW.DAVETHOMASFOUNDATION.ORG/ABOUT-US/FAQ/
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


GENESIS 1:27 SAYS THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS


1. THERE ARE MANY WAYS THIS CAN BE APPROACHED. FIRST, GOD MAKES EVERYTHING ON A
SPECTRUM. WHEN GOD MADE DAY AND NIGHT, HE ALSO MADE MORNING AND EVENING. WHEN
GOD MADE THE LAND AND SEA, HE ALSO MADE BEACHES. SO WHY CAN'T GOD HAVE MADE
THINGS IN THE MIDDLE?
2. JUMPING OFF THE LAST POINT, INTERSEX PEOPLE EXIST. SHOWING GOD DID MAKE
PEOPLE IN-BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE THEY ARE EVEN AFFIRMED IN MATTHEW 19:12.
3. THIS VERSE CAN BE VIEWED AS SYMBOLISM FOR THE CREATION OF HUMANITY AND NOT A
GENDER BINARY.
4. THIS VERSE REFERS TO BIOLOGICAL SEX, NOT GENDER IDENTITY OR SOCIAL GENDER
WHICH ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.
5. GOD DID NOT LIST EVERYTHING HE CREATED, SO OTHER STUFF LIKE NONBINARY AND
INTERSEX PEOPLE EXISTS BUT WERE JUST NOT LISTED.
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HTTP://WWW.BIBLEANDHOMOSEXUALITY.ORG/WHAT-DOES-THE-BIBLE-SAY-ABOUT-TRANSGENDER-PEOPLE/
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NON BINARY - RELIGIOUS


SEX AND GENDER ARE THE SAME THING


1. BIOLOGICAL SEX IS THE PHYSICAL SEX CHARACTERISTICS SOMEONE HAS WHILE GENDER
IS MORE COMPLEX INVOLVING SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS. FOR MORE DISCUSSION
SEE THIS.
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HTTPS://WWW.WEBMD.COM/A-TO-Z-GUIDES/DIFFERENCE-BETWEEN-SEX-AND-GENDER/
HTTPS://WWW.HEALTHLINE.COM/HEALTH/SEX-VS-GENDER/
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


GIVING BATHROOM RIGHTS TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PUTS CISGENDER WOMEN IN DANGER


1. BANS ON TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM USING THE CORRECT BATHROOM ARE MISGUIDED, FOR
STARTERS, THESE BANS DON'T PROTECT CISGENDER WOMEN. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO
SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN IN A BATHROOM, BE IT A TRANSGENDER WOMAN OR A CISGENDER
MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN, A BATHROOM BAN WOULD NOT DETER THEM. SEXUAL ASSAULT IS
ALREADY ILLEGAL WITH HARSH PENALTIES. SO IF SOMEONE TRIES TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT
PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THE PUNISHMENTS, THE MUCH SMALLER PENALTIES IMPOSED BY A
BATHROOM BAN WOULD DO NOTHING TO STOP THEM. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT POLICIES
THAT BAN TRANSGENDER BATHROOM DISCRIMINATION DO NOT AFFECT THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL
ASSAULTS.
2. WHILE BATHROOM BANS DO NOTHING TO HELP CISGENDER WOMEN, THEY DO SERIOUS HARM
TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. IMPLEMENTING BATHROOM BANS WOULD PUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
IN AN UNWINNABLE SITUATION. THEY COULD USE THE BATHROOM MATCHING THEIR ASSIGNED
SEX AT BIRTH, WHICH WOULD OPEN THEM UP TO SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT. A STUDY
FOUND SCHOOLS WITH DISCRIMINATORY BATHROOM POLICIES HAD TO INCREASE IN SEXUAL
ASSAULTS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. THEY COULD USE THE BATHROOM MATCHING THEIR
GENDER IDENTITY, WHICH WOULD PUT THEM AT RISK OF LEGAL TROUBLE. FINALLY, THEY
COULD DETRANSITION IN PUBLIC WHICH WOULD LEAD TO INCREASED GENDER DYSPHORIA,
WORSE MENTAL HEALTH AND DAMAGE THEIR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
3. RESEARCH LINKS BATHROOM BANS TO WORSE MENTAL HEALTH FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
ONE STUDY FOUND THAT TRANSGENDER YOUTH WHO FACED BATHROOM DISCRIMINATION WERE
MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER SUICIDE AND HAVE WORSE MENTAL HEALTH. RESEARCH ALSO
SUGGESTS THAT TRANSGENDER-INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BATHROOM
ACCOMMODATIONS LEAD TO BETTER MENTAL HEALTH FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
4. MANY EXPERTS AND GROUPS OPPOSE BATHROOM BANS. AN OPEN LETTER SIGNED BY MANY
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSED BATHROOM BANS. MANY MEDICAL
GROUPS LIKE THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS ALSO OPPOSE BATHROOM RESTRICTIONS.
5. IF BATHROOM BANS WERE IMPLEMENTED, THEY WOULD BE VERY HARD TO ENFORCE. USING
IDS WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL AND GOING OFF LOOKS WOULD FAIL TO CATCH MANY PEOPLE.
ENFORCING BATHROOM BANS WOULD ALSO WASTE USEFUL POLICE RESOURCES THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN BETTER SPENT FIGHTING REAL SEXUAL PREDATORS.
6. ANOTHER ISSUE WITH ENFORCING BATHROOM BANS AND WITH TRANSGENDER BATHROOM
DISCRIMINATION IN GENERAL IS THAT IT WOULD AFFECT CISGENDER PEOPLE. BECAUSE
LOOKS WOULD BE THE ONLY PRACTICAL WAY TO ENFORCE BATHROOM BANS, CISGENDER WOMEN
WHO DO NOT LOOK FEMININE ENOUGH OR CISGENDER MEN WHO DO NOT LOOK MASCULINE
ENOUGH WOULD BE KICKED FROM BATHROOMS AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THIS HAS
HAPPENED BEFORE, THERE ARE REAL CASES OF CISGENDER WOMEN BE HARASSED FOR USING
THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM AFTER BEING MISTAKEN FOR BEING TRANSGENDER WOMEN. THIS TYPE
OF SIDE EFFECT OF BATHROOM BANS WOULD ALSO HURT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
7. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO BATHROOMS FOR YEARS WITH LITTLE ISSUE.
EVEN THOUGH ISOLATED CASES OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ASSAULTING PEOPLE IN BATHROOMS
EXIST, THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO PASS BATHROOM BANS BECAUSE THE ACTIONS OF ONE
PERSON DON'T REPRESENT AN ENTIRE GROUP.
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HTTPS://LINK.SPRINGER.COM/ARTICLE/10.1007/S13178-018-0335-Z
HTTPS://PUBLICATIONS.AAP.ORG/PEDIATRICS/ARTICLE/143/6/E20182902/76816/SCHOOL-RESTROOM-AND-LOCKER-ROOM-RESTRICTIONS-AND
HTTPS://WWW.JAHONLINE.ORG/ARTICLE/S1054-139X(20)30653-4/FULLTEXT
HTTPS://WWW.THETREVORPROJECT.ORG/SURVEY-2022/
HTTPS://WWW.TANDFONLINE.COM/DOI/ABS/10.1080/01612840.2021.1961330
HTTPS://WWW.4VAWA.ORG/NTF-ACTION-ALERTS-AND-NEWS/2018/4/12/NATIONAL-CONSENSUS-STATEMENT-OF-ANTI-SEXUAL-ASSAULT-AND-DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE-ORGANIZATIONS-IN-SUPPORT-OF-FULL-AND-EQUAL-ACCESS-FOR-THE-TRANSGENDER-COMMUNITY
HTTPS://WWW.AMA-ASSN.ORG/DELIVERING-CARE/POPULATION-CARE/EXCLUSIONARY-BATHROOM-POLICIES-HARM-TRANSGENDER-STUDENTS
HTTPS://PUBLICATIONS.AAP.ORG/AAPNEWS/NEWS/19021/AAP-CONTINUES-TO-SUPPORT-CARE-OF-TRANSGENDER
HTTPS://TRANSEQUALITY.ORG/WHAT-EXPERTS-SAY
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


LGBT+ EDUCATION SEXUALIZES STUDENTS


1. LGBT+ EDUCATION DOES NOT NEED TO TALK DIRECTLY ABOUT SEX. IT MAINLY TELLS
KIDS THAT LGBT+ PEOPLE EXIST AND THAT'S OK. YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT SEX TO
TELL STUDENTS THAT 2 PEOPLE OF THE SAME GENDER CAN BE IN A RELATIONSHIP.
2. THIS ARGUMENT CAN THIS ARGUMENT BE USED AGAINST STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS.
PEOPLE TEACH KIDS ABOUT THESE RELATIONSHIPS FROM A YOUNG AGE DIRECTLY AND
INDIRECTLY WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT SEX.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF LGBT+ PEOPLE IN SCHOOL AND IN GENERAL IS POSITIVE FOR THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBT+ YOUTH. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT LGBT+-ACCEPTING SCHOOLS
ARE LINKED WITH LESS BULLYING, MORE SAFETY, BETTER GRADES AND LOWER SUICIDE
ATTEMPT RATES FOR LGBT+ STUDENTS.
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HTTPS://WWW.THETREVORPROJECT.ORG/SURVEY-2022/
HTTPS://WWW.GLSEN.ORG/RESEARCH/2021-NATIONAL-SCHOOL-CLIMATE-SURVEY
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


LGBT+ EDUCATION BRAINWASHES STUDENTS


1. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT LGBT+ EDUCATION BRAINWASHES KIDS INTO BECOMING LGBT+.
LGBT+ EDUCATION MAINLY TELLS KIDS THAT LGBT+ PEOPLE EXIST AND THAT'S OK. IT'S
NOT FORCING KIDS TO BECOME LGBT+. YOU CAN'T CHOOSE TO BE GAY OR TRANS (FOR TRANS
YOU CHOICE TO TRANSITION BUT THE CAUSE FOR THE TRANSITION WAS NOT A CHOICE).
2. THERE IS NO MOTIVATION FOR SCHOOLS TO DO THIS.
3. EDUCATION WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT BUT THIS IS BECAUSE
EDUCATION HELPS KIDS FIND WHO THEY ARE. THE KIDS WERE LGBT+ IN THE FIRST PLACE
THEY JUST FOUND WHO THEY WERE.
4. ACCEPTENCE OF LGBT+ PEOPLE IN SCHOOL AND IN GENERAL IS POSITIVE FOR THE
MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBT+ KIDS. IT ALSO LOWERED SUICIDE RATES.
5. SEXUAL FLUIDITY CAUSED BY ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS IS OFTEN SMALL (1 POINT ON THE
KINSEY SCALE) NOT SOMEONE BEING TURNED GAY. THIS ONLY MATTERS IF EDUCATION
COUNTS AS A FACTOR WHICH IT'S PROBABLY NOT.
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HTTPS://WWW.THETREVORPROJECT.ORG/SURVEY-2022/
HTTPS://JOURNALS.SAGEPUB.COM/DOI/10.1177/1529100616637616
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


TRANSITION HURTS PEOPLE


SEE THIS PAGE HERE FOR A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THIS ARGUMENT

1. TRANSITION HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BETTER PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH IN MANY STUDIES.
ONE META-ANALYSIS FOUND THAT, OUT OF 55 STUDIES, 51 CONCLUDED TRANSITION WAS
EFFECTIVE, THE OTHER 4 SHOWED INCONCLUSIVE OR MIXED RESULTS BUT NOT NEGATIVE.
2. REGRET AND DETRANSITION RATES ARE LOW FOR TRANSITION, STUDIES ON AVERAGE FIND
THAT 97% OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DON'T REGRET THEIR TRANSITION.
DETRANSITION IS OFTEN NOT EVEN CAUSED BY SOMEONE NOT BEING TRANSGENDER, IT'S
OFTEN CAUSED BY TRANSPHOBIA OR SOCIAL PRESSURE.
3. WHILE SOME STUDIES CLAIM TO SHOW TRANSITION IS INEFFECTIVE THESE STUDIES ARE
IN THE MINORITY AND OFTEN HAVE FLAWS.
4. MANY MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT THE FACT THAT TRANSITION WORKS.
5. WHILE THERE ARE SIDE EFFECTS, MOST EXPERTS AGREE THAT THE BENEFITS OUTWAY THE
HARMS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO CLOSELY MONITORED DURING TREATMENT SO TREATMENT IT CAN BE
ALTERED OR STOPPED IF SIDE EFFECTS PRESENT PROBLEMS. ALSO, WE DON'T BAN
ANTI-DEPRESSANTS BECAUSE THEY CAN SOMETIMES PRESENT SIDE EFFECTS.
6. BEFORE TRANSITIONING, PEOPLE ARE SCREENED BY EXPERTS AND WILL HAVE TIME TO
MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
7. THE SAME MEDICINE USED IN TRANSITION IS USED IN OTHER TYPES OF TREATMENT WITH
LITTLE CONTROVERSY.
8. ONE CLAIM SOMETIMES MADE IS THAT BECAUSE MONEY CAN BE A MOTIVE BEHIND
GENDER-AFFIRIMING CARE IT'S INHERENTLY BAD. HOWEVER THIS CLAIM IS FLAWED, MONEY
DOES NOT DECIDE WHETHER A TREATMENT IS GOOD OR BAD BECAUSE GOOD TREATMENTS OFTEN
COST MONEY.
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HTTPS://WWW.GENDERGP.COM/DETRANSITION-FACTS/
HTTPS://WHATWEKNOW.INEQUALITY.CORNELL.EDU/TOPICS/LGBT-EQUALITY/WHAT-DOES-THE-SCHOLARLY-RESEARCH-SAY-ABOUT-THE-WELL-BEING-OF-TRANSGENDER-PEOPLE/
HTTP://GENDERANALYSIS.NET/2015/09/PAUL-MCHUGH-IS-WRONG-TRANSITIONING-IS-EFFECTIVE-GENDER-ANALYSIS-10/
HTTPS://CSRAINBOW.NEOCITIES.ORG/RESOURCES/MEDICAL.HTML
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DON'T EXIST


1. THE NOTION THAT GENDER IS PURELY BIOLOGICAL AND INNATE IS PROBLEMATIC IN MANY
WAYS. FOR STATERS BIOLOGY IS NOT INNATE, MANY PARTS OF BIOLOGY LIKE GENITAL
STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE CHANGED.
2. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT PURELY USING BIOLOGY TO DEFINE GENDER IS NOT USEFUL,
IN MANY REAL WORLD SITUATIONS, BIOLOGY TAKES A BACK SEAT TO OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS.
3. DEFINING GENDER PURELY USING BIOLOGY ALSO DOES NOT GIVE CREDIT TO OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH GENDER LIKE EXPRESSION AND PSYCHOLOGY.
4. NOW THAT WE HAVE SHOWN THAT USING ONLY BIOLOGY IS NOT A GOOD WAY OF LOOKING
AT GENDER IN MOST CONTEXTS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CHANGE MANY USEFUL AND IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED
WITH GENDER. IF SOMEONE IDENTIFIES AS A GENDER, PRESENTS AS A GENDER, MEDICALLY
TRANSITIONS TO THAT GENDER AND EVERYONE KNOWS THEM AS THAT GENDER THEN THEY
MIGHT AS WELL BE THAT GENDER.
5. ONE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC IS GENDER IDENTITY. RESPECTING
GENDER IDENTITY IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS AND
BECAUSE IT'S VERY REAL TO PEOPLE.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS


1. PEOPLE HAVE GENDER IDENTITIES THAT ARE NONBINARY AND CAN PEOPLE EXPRESS
THEMSELVES IN NEUTRAL WAY. GENDER IS NOT DETERMINED BY BIOLOGICAL SEX SO THE
ONLY WAY FORWARD IS ACCEPTING NON BINARY PEOPLE.
2. EVEN IF YOU SAY GENDER IS CAUSED BY BIOLOGICAL SEX NONBINARY PEOPLE CAN STILL
EXIST. THROUGH SURGERY AND HRT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THEIR SEX.
FOR STUFF LIKE CHROMOSOMES SEE THIS.
3. GENDER IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT MAKING IT MUCH MORE NEBULOUS THAN SEX.
4. SEX IS ON A SPECTRUM, SOME PEOPLE CAN BE MORE MASCULINE THAN OTHERS AND SOME
PEOPLE HAVE A MIX OF SEX CHARACTERISTICS. IF SEX IS ON A SPECTRUM THEN GENDER
COULD BE A SPECTRUM TOO.
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NON BINARY - NON RELIGIOUS


BIOLOGICAL SEX MATTERS MORE THAN GENDER


1. A LOT OF TERFS SAY BIOLOGICAL SEX IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GENDER AND A LOT OF
THEIR ARGUMENTS HINGE ON THIS. THIS IS WRONG. BIOLOGICAL SEX IS ALMOST NEVER
USED IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND DOES NOT DETERMINE HOW PEOPLE TREAT YOU.
2. WHILE BIOLOGICAL SEX MIGHT BE IMPORTANT IN A RELATIONSHIP OR THE DOCTOR'S
OFFICE THESE ARE EDGE CASES AND STILL DO NOT MAKE BIOLOGICAL SEX MORE IMPORTANT
THAN GENDER IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
3. SOME TERFS SAY THAT GENDER BEING A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT MAKES IT UNIMPORTANT.
THIS IS WRONG MANY SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR EXAMPLE MONEY IS A SOCIAL
CONSTRUCT AND PEOPLE DON'T GO AROUND BURNING IT.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


WHY CAN'T I BE A ATTACK HELICOPTER


1. THIS ONE IS JUST SILLY, ANYONE SERIOUSLY USING THIS IS A CLOWN. A HELICOPTER
IS A NONHUMAN OBJECT. GENDER IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YOU CAN CHANGE
YOUR GENDER BUT YOU CAN'T BECOME A NONHUMAN OBJECT.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


WHY CAN'T I BE 60


1. THIS ONE IS LIKE THE ATTACK HELICOPTER ONE BUT A BIT MORE SENSIBLE THOUGH
IT'S STILL WRONG. BEING 60 IS CHRONOLOGICAL AND CAN'T BE CHANGED. GENDER IS NOT
CHRONOLOGIC BUT DEPENDS ON OTHER FACTORSS. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT
THEY WERE ASSIGNED AS AT BIRTH JUST LIKE HOW PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE THEIR
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


LGBT+ PEOPLE JUST WANT ATTENTION


1. BEING LGBT+ HAS A VERY PERSONAL ELEMENT. COMING OUT OR TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE
IS JUST SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT SCREAMING
ABOUT IT.
2. LGBT+ PEOPLE DO WANT BETTER REPRESENTATION AND MORE RIGHTS BUT THEY ARE NOT
ASKING FOR TOO MUCH. MOST HUMANS WANT HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUST BECAUSE THERE IS
REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA DOES NOT MEAN THE MEDIA IS SCREAMING ABOUT IT EVERY
SECOND.
3. MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT SCREAM ABOUT BEING LGBT+ JUST FOR ATTENTION. THIS WOULD
MAKE THEM MUCH MORE OPEN TO HATE.
4. THERE IS JUST SOMETHING UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT BEING IN THE CLOSET FOR A LOT OF
LGBT+ PEOPLE 5. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE OFTEN NEED TO COME OUT TO MAKE A TRANSITION.
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


SAME-SEX MARRIAGE REDEFINE MARRIAGE


1. IT DOES REDEFINE MARRIAGE, BUT THIS IS NOT INHERENTLY BAD. AN OPPOSITE-SEX
MARRIAGE WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE EXISTING. THE PEOPLE BEING
AFFECTED ARE THE PEOPLE IN A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WHO ARE DEFINITELY HAPPIER.
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


KIDS ARE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW THEY ARE LGB+


1. KIDS CAN KNOW THEIR SEXUALITY FROM A YOUNG AGE. THIS CAN BE IN THE FORM OF
CHILDHOOD CRUSHES WHICH CAN MANIFEST AT A YOUNG AGE OR SEXUAL ATTRACTION (OR
LACK OF) DURING PUBERTY.
2. A PERSON KNOWS THEMSELVES THE BEST AND SOME EXPERIENCE LIKELY CAUSED A KID TO
FIND WHO THEY ARE. BY COMING OUT THIS LIKELY SHOWS THEY HAVE PUT SOME THOUGHT
INTO THEIR ORIENTATION.
3. NO ONE TELLS KIDS THAT THEY ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE STRAIGHT.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


THERE IS A "GAY AGENDA"


1. THE "GAY AGENDA" IS A DEROGATORY WORD USED TO ATTACK THE LGBT+ RIGHTS
MOVEMENT. IT SAYS PEOPLE ARE PUSHING FOR LGBT+ RIGHTS. THIS IS TRUE. OF COURSE,
HUMANS WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS. CHECK THE REST OF THIS WEBSITE FOR WHY LGBT+ PEOPLE
DESERVE RIGHTS. "GAY AGENDA" IS JUST A LOADED/SNARL WORD USED TO ATTACK PEOPLE
WHO ARE FIGHTING LGBT+ RIGHTS WITHOUT COMING UP WITH REAL ARGUMENTS.
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HARMS CHILDREN


WE HAVE WRITTEN A LONGER ARTICLE ON THIS. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS TOPIC.

1. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SAYS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HARMS CHILDREN. SOME STUDIES
EVEN FIND IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR KIDS.
2. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS HARMFUL BECAUSE OF THE DISCONNECT
BETWEEN THE CHILD AND PARENT BUT IF THIS IS TRUE THEN WHY CAN'T THIS ARGUMENT BE
USED AGAINST OPPOSITE-SEX FAMILIES THAT ADOPT CHILDREN? ADOPTING CHILDREN IS
GENERALLY CONSIDERED GOOD SO AREN'T SAME-SEX PARENTS DOING SERVICE TO THIS
WORLD?
3. A REAL PROBLEM IS THAT KIDS OF SAME-SEX PARENTS MIGHT BE ATTACKED BECAUSE OF
THEIR PARENTS BEING GAY. THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIA.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE ERASES WOMEN


1. INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE DOES NOT ERASE WOMEN. FOR EXAMPLE, SAYING A PREGNANT
PERSON DOES STILL INCLUDES WOMEN (WOMEN ARE PEOPLE) BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES
NONBINARY PEOPLE AND TRANSGENDER MEN. MORE INCLUSION IS BETTER SO WE SHOULD USE
INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE.
2. TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY PEOPLE NEED MORE REPRESENTATION. THEY ARE MORE
OPPRESSED THAN THE AVERAGE WOMAN AND MORE REPRESENTATION WOULD DEFIANTLY BE
HELPFUL.
3. INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IS ALSO HELPFUL TO CISGENDER PEOPLE, SAYING PREGNANT
PERSON SHOWS THAT NOT ALL WOMEN CAN GET PREGNANT MUCH MORE DIRECTLY. 4. WE ARE
NOT ADVOCATING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF FREE SPEECH. WE JUST THINK INCLUSIVE
LANGUAGE IS BETTER THAN GENDERED LANGUAGE AND THAT IT SHOULD BE USED MORE IN
APPROPRIATE SETTINGS. INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IS ALSO MAINLY USED WHEN ADDRESSING
LARGE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE AND IS NOT USED FOR CISGENDER PEOPLE ON AN INDIVIDUAL
BASIS.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


RAPID ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA


1. RAPID-ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA (ROGD) IS A DISPUTED DIAGNOSIS AND THEORY THAT
GENDER DYSPHORIA AND BEING TRANSGENDER IS A SOCIAL CONTAGION THAT SPREADS
THROUGH PEER INFLUENCE. IT'S OFTEN USED BY PEOPLE TO INVALIDATE TRANSGENDER
IDENTITY OR EXPLAIN THE RISE IN TRANSGENDER IDENTIFICATION. MUCH OF THE FUSS
AROUND ROGD AROSE BECAUSE OF A STUDY POPULARIZED THAT TERM AND CLAIMED TO HAVE
OBSERVED IT. THE STUDY SURVEYED PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER KIDS AND CONCLUDED BASED
ON RESPONSES THAT THE KIDS HAD ROGD. HOWEVER, THIS STUDY HAS SOME MAJOR FLAWS.
2. FIRST OF ALL, THE STUDY SURVEYED PARENTS, NOT THEIR KIDS. BECAUSE TRANSGENDER
KIDS ARE OFTEN QUIET ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES, PARENTS ARE NOT THE BEST SOURCE OF
INFORMATION. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE RAPID ONSET PART OF ROGD THE STUDY
CLAIMED TO OBSERVE. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SILENT ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES UNTIL
COMING OUT, IT MIGHT ONLY SEEM LIKE RAPID ONSET TO SOMEONE WATCHING.
3. ALL OF THIS IS MADE WORSE BY THE FACT THE SOURCE OF DATA WAS BIASED. THE
PARENTS IN THE STUDY WERE RECRUITED FROM ANTI-TRANSGENDER WEBSITES LIKE
TRANSGENDER TREND AND 4THWAVENOW. THIS WOULD MAKE AN UNRELIABLE SOURCE OF DATA
ABOUT TRANSGENDER KIDS EVEN MORE UNRELIABLE. WHILE SOME MAY CLAIM THAT MOST OF
THE PARENTS WERE ACTUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR CHILD BECAUSE 88.2% SAID THEY
SUPPORTED TRANSGENDER RIGHTS, THIS ASSERTION HAS SOME ISSUES. FIRST, MANY MIGHT
HAVE INTERPRETED THE QUESTION TO MEAN GENERAL PROTECTIONS LIKE NONDISCRIMINATION
LAWS AND NOT MORE NUANCED THINGS LIKE WHETHER THEY ACCEPTED THEIR CHILD. SECOND
AND MORE DAMMING, 76.5% OF PARENTS THOUGHT THEIR CHILD WAS INCORRECT IN
IDENTIFYING AS TRANSGENDER.
4. THE STUDY ALSO HAS OTHER ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE, IT MADE NO MENTION OF
BEST-PRACTICE METHODS FOR CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND GAVE PARENTS A SIMPLIFIED AND
UN-VERIFIED VERSION OF THE DSM-5 TO "DIAGNOSE" THEIR KIDS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA.
5. THE STUDY'S CONCLUSIONS AND MANY CLAIMS ABOUT ROGD IN GENERAL ALSO SEEM
FLAWED. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT ADOLESCENTS CONSUMING TRANSGENDER-RELATED SOCIAL
MEDIA MAKE THEM TRANSGENDER, BUT IT COULD EASILY BE THE OPPOSITE. IF SOMEONE
FOUND OUT THEY WERE TRANSGENDER OR WERE QUESTIONING THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, THEY
WOULD PROBABLY SEEK ADVICE OR INFORMATION ONLINE. THIS REASONING ALSO ADDRESSES
THE CLAIM THAT TRANSGENDER FRIENDS CAN MAKE SOMEONE TRANSGENDER. BECAUSE IF
SOMEONE IS TRANSGENDER THEY MIGHT SEEK OUT FRIENDS WHO HAVE THAT THING IN
COMMON, OR IF SOMEONE HAS A TRANSGENDER FRIEND, THEY MIGHT BE MORE COMFORTABLE
COMING OUT.
6. SOME RESEARCH HAS FOUND ISSUES WITH THE NOTION OF ROGD. ONE STUDY WAS NOT
ABLE TO REPLICATE SOME OF ROGD'S PREDICTIONS CONCLUDING, "WE DID NOT FIND
SUPPORT WITHIN A CLINICAL POPULATION FOR A NEW ETIOLOGIC PHENOMENON OF RAPID
ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA DURING ADOLESCENCE."
7. ANOTHER ISSUE WITH ROGD IS THAT IT FRAMES PEOPLE FINDING OUT THEY ARE
TRANSGENDER DURING OR AFTER PUBERTY WITH LITTLE SIGNS BEFORE PUBERTY AS NOVEL
AND EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL CONTAGION. HOWEVER, THIS REASONING IS FLAWED BECAUSE THIS
PHENOMENON IS NOT NOVEL AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED BEFORE ALL THE FUSS ABOUT SOCIAL
CONTAGION. IT IS ALSO NOT GOOD EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF SOCIAL CONTAGION BECAUSE
PUBERTY OFTEN CAUSES PEOPLE TO DISCOVER THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR WORSENS
DYSPHORIA.
8. MANY TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ALSO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR IDENTITY BEFORE PUBERTY
WHICH IS NOT PREDICTED BY ROGD. ONE STUDY FOUND THAT MOST TRANSGENDER ADULTS
FIRST BEGAN EXPERIENCING GENDER DYSPHORIA BETWEEN AGES 3 AND 7.
10. IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT SOCIAL FACTORS CAN PUSH SOMEONE TO IDENTIFY AS
TRANSGENDER GIVEN ALL THE HARDSHIP TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE DECISION.
11. MANY MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE OPPOSED THE USE OF ROGD CITING THE LACK OF
MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
12. ALL OF THIS IS NOT TO SAY ROGD DOES NOT EXIST IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, THERE
IS JUST NO GOOD EVIDENCE FOR ROGD INDIVIDUALS MAKING UP A LARGE PORTION OF THE
TRANSGENDER POPULATION LIKE SOME CLAIM. EVEN IF ROGD WAS REAL AND SIGNIFICANT,
IT WOULD NOT CHANGE TOO MUCH. ARGUMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
ARE NOT HURT BY THE WAY SOMEONE BECOMES TRANSGENDER. THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED TO
BE CHANGED WOULD BE THE CAUTION TAKEN BY PEOPLE TRANSITIONING AND THE WAY PEOPLE
ARE EDUCATED ABOUT TRANSGENDER ISSUES.
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HTTPS://LINK.SPRINGER.COM/ARTICLE/10.1007/S10508-019-1453-2
HTTPS://WWW.JPEDS.COM/ARTICLE/S0022-3476(21)01085-4/FULLTEXT
HTTPS://JOURNALS.SAGEPUB.COM/DOI/ABS/10.1177/0038026120934693
HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC8766261/
HTTPS://WWW.PSYCHIATRY.ORG/PATIENTS-FAMILIES/GENDER-DYSPHORIA/WHAT-IS-GENDER-DYSPHORIA
HTTPS://WWW.CAAPS.CO/ROGD-STATEMENT
HTTPS://WWW.WPATH.ORG/MEDIA/CMS/DOCUMENTS/PUBLIC%20POLICIES/2018/9_SEPT/WPATH%20POSITION%20ON%20RAPID-ONSET%20GENDER%20DYSPHORIA_9-4-2018.PDF
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


USING THEY/THEM IS UNGRAMMATICAL


1. THEY/THEM HAVE BEEN USED IN A SINGULAR WAY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
2. BASICALLY ALL DICTIONARIES REGARD THEY/THEM AS BOTH PLURAL AND SINGULAR.
3. WORDS CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE DEFINITION.
4. PEOPLE USE THEY/THEM IN EVERYDAY LIFE TO REFER TO PEOPLE WHOSE GENDER IS
UNKNOWN.
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HTTPS://WWW.MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM/DICTIONARY/THEY
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NON BINARY - NON RELIGIOUS


THEIR ARE TOO MANY LABELS


1. GENDER AND SEXUALITY ARE ON A SPECTRUM SO LOTS OF LABELS ARE REQUIRED TO
LABEL PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM.
2. MICRO-LABELS CAN HELP PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT THEMSELVES BETTER.
3. IF YOU DON'T LIKE ALL THE LABELS THEN DON'T USE THEM FOR YOURSELF.
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


LOTS OF PEOPLE DE-TRANSITION


1. THE REGRET AFTER TRANSITIONING IS VERY LOW. FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERIES
THE REGRET RATE IS ABOUT 1%.
2. MANY REGRETS AFTER TRANSITIONING WILL COME FROM TRANSPHOBIA. THE BEST
SOLUTION IS TO FIGHT TRANSPHOBIA.
3. SEE THIS SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


GAY PEOPLE DON'T EXIST


1. THIS IS SIMPLY WRONG. A VAST AMOUNT OF RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE EXISTENCE OF
GAY PEOPLE.
2. SOME PEOPLE SAY GAY PEOPLE HAVE A REPRESSED ATTRACTION TO THE OPPOSITE SEX
THIS IS ALSO WRONG AND RESEARCH BACKS THIS UP.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR SEXUALITY


1. THIS IS WRONG. SEXUALITY IS DETERMINED BY A MIX OF FACTORS AND IS NOT A
CHOICE. MANY OF THESE FACTORS ARE BIOLOGICAL. A GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY
WAS RUN BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND A LARGE NUMBER OF GENES WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH HOMOSEXUALITY. TWIN STUDIES HAVE ALSO BEEN RUN SHOWING GENETIC
CORRELATION.
2. SEXUALITY HAVING SOME BIOLOGICAL ROOTS DOES NOT MEAN SEXUALITY CAN'T BE FLUID
IT JUST MEANS PEOPLE'S "BASE" SEXUALITIES ARE SET. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY PEOPLE WHO
IDENTIFY AS STRAIGHT CAN STILL HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF SAME-SEX ATTRACTION FROM TIME
TO TIME BUT THEY DON'T STOP BEING HETEROSEXUAL AT THEIR CORE. THIS IS ALL
DIFFERENT FROM SEXUALITY BEING A CHOICE, I DON'T CHOOSE THE FLUIDITY.
3. EVEN IF SEXUALITY WAS A CHOICE WHY WOULD THAT MATTER, IT'S NO ONE'S BUSINESS.
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HTTPS://GENETICSEXBEHAVIOR.INFO
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HOMOSEXUALITY - NON RELIGIOUS


LEVITICUS 18:22 BANS HOMOSEXUALITY


1. AS THIS PASSAGE IS A MOSAIC LAW IT DOES NOT APPLY TO CHRISTIANS. SEE SOURCES
FOR MORE INFO.
2. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS PASSAGE THEN YOU MUST ACCEPT SIMILAR PASSAGES LIKE THE ONE
THAT BANS THE EATING OF SHRIMP (LEVITICUS 11:9-12) AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
3. EVEN IF WE DO ACCEPT THIS PASSAGE IT ONLY OUTLAWS GAY SEX NOT SAME-SEX
RELATIONSHIPS.
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HTTP://GODHATESSHRIMP.COM/ABOUT.PHP
HTTPS://WWW.HRC.ORG/RESOURCES/WHAT-DOES-THE-BIBLE-SAY-ABOUT-HOMOSEXUALITY
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HOMOSEXUALITY - RELIGIOUS


BEING LGBT+ IS AGAINST GOD'S PLAN


1. PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE BEING LGBT+ PEOPLE ARE BORN LGBT+ (SEXUALITY - GENDER).
IF GOD DID NOT LIKE LGBT+ HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN ANYONE THOSE TRAITS.
2. A LOVING GOD WOULD NOT ADVOCATE FOR THINGS THAT CAUSED BAD OUTCOMES. MUCH OF
THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF LGBT+ PEOPLE HAS CAUSED BAD OUTCOMES MEANING A
LOVING GOD WOULD NOT WANT THAT.
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GENERAL - RELIGIOUS


GENESIS 19 SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN


1. THE CHAPTER IS NOT ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY. IT'S ABOUT RAPE AND FAILING TO SHOW
HOSPITALITY. THE PASSAGE GENESIS 19:5 SAYS "THEY CALLED TO LOT, "WHERE ARE THE
MEN WHO CAME TO YOU TONIGHT? BRING THEM OUT TO US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SEX WITH
THEM."" THIS IS CLEARLY ABOUT RAPE AND NOT ABOUT CONSENTING RELATIONSHIPS.
2. THE WHOLE PASSAGE IS MEANT TO TALK ABOUT SHOWING HOSPITALITY TO VISITORS.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - RELIGIOUS


DEUTERONOMY 22:5 BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM WEARING GENDER AFFIRMING CLOTHES


1. MASCULINE AND FEMININE CLOTHING HAS A LOOSE DEFINITION. IT VARIES FROM
CULTURE TO CULTURE AND OVER TIME. MASCULINE AND FEMININE CLOTHING CAN BE
SUBJECTIVE TOO AND VIEWS ABOUT IT CAN VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
2. THIS PASSAGE DOES NOT NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT BIOLOGICAL SEX IT COULD BE
TALKING ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY TOO. AFTER ALL BIOLOGICAL SEX DOES NOT SOULY
DETERMINE GENDER.
3. THIS PASSAGE WOULD PROBABLY NOT APPLY IF IT CAUSED DAMAGE AND NOT WEARING
GENDER-AFFIRMING CLOTHING CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO LOTS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BECAUSE
OF DYSPHORIA.
4. SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT THIS PASSAGE REFERED TO ARMOR, NOT CLOTHING
5. MANY PASSAGES ARE UNETHICAL OR DON'T MAKE SENSE BY TODAY'S STANDARDS.
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HTTPS://WWW.STUDYLIGHT.ORG/COMMENTARIES/ENG/ACC/DEUTERONOMY-22.HTML
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TRANSGENDER - RELIGIOUS


DEUTERONOMY 23:1 BANS GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY


1. THIS PASSAGE IS PROBABLY OVERRIDDEN IF A SURGERY IS NECESSARY. GENDER
AFFIRMING SURGERY IS OFTEN NECESSARY AND NOT GETTING IT CAN BE VERY HARMFUL AND
LEAD TO SUICIDE. GENDER DYSPHORIA IS NO JOKE. ALSO CONVERSION THERAPY DOES NOT
WORK AND CAN'T BE USED AS A TREATMENT.
2. ISAIAH 56:3-5 AND MATTHEW 19:12 (ALSO AFFIRMS INTERSEX PEOPLE) AFFIRMS
EUNUCHS.
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TRANSGENDER - RELIGIOUS


TRANSGENDER PEOPLE PERPETUATE GENDER STEREOTYPING


1. THIS ARGUMENT CAN BE USED AGAINST CISGENDER PEOPLE TOO AND ANYONE WHO
CONFORMS TO GENDER ROLES. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE SAFE FROM THIS ARGUMENT ARE
GENDER NON-CONFORMING AND NONBINARY PEOPLE.
2. YOU COULD ARGUE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE DO MORE TO BREAK DOWN GENDER STEREOTYPING
BECAUSE OF HOW THEY DEFY GENDER NORMS.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


BIOLOGICAL SEX IS COMPLETELY UNCHANGEABLE


1. THIS IS WRONG MANY PARTS OF BIOLOGICAL SEX ARE CHANGEABLE FROM GENITALS TO
HORMONES. THERE IS NOT ONE PERFECT SIGNIFIER OF BIOLOGICAL SEX THAT IS USEFUL,
BIOLOGICAL SEX IS BETTER THOUGHT OF AS A COLLECTION OF TRAITS. THIS WAY OF
THINKING IS MUCH MORE USEFUL IN A LOT OF CASES AND WHEN THINKING ABOUT GENDER.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


SEX AND GENDER IS ONLY YOUR ONLY YOUR CHROMOSOMES


WE HAVE WRITTEN A LONGER ARTICLE ON THIS. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS TOPIC.

1. AFTER PEOPLE POINT OUT THAT MANY BIOLOGICAL MARKERS ARE CHANGEABLE TERFS FALL
BACK TO LESS CHANGEABLE THINGS. THE THING IS THESE THINGS DON'T MATTER AND BY
MEDICALLY TRANSITIONING YOU ARE REMOVING THEIR IMPORTANCE. THEY ARE ALSO
INVISIBLE TO EVERYONE AND ONLY RELATIVELY RECENTLY DISCOVERED. GENDER EXISTED
BEFORE THEN.
2. CHROMOSOMES CAN BE INCONSISTENT.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


PEOPLE ARE DEFINED BY THEIR AGAB


1. TERFS OFTEN SAY BIOLOGICAL SEX IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GENDER, BUT EVEN AFTER
PEOPLE MANY ALL MEANINGFUL PARTS OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX TERFS STILL DON'T
ACCEPT THAT. THIS SHOWS THAT SOME TERFS DON'T BELIEVE IN BIOLOGICAL SEX BUT
BELIEVE IN AGAB (THEY DON'T SAY THIS OF COURSE OR ARE IN DENIAL). THIS IS CRAZY,
TERFS SAY THAT THEY ARE GROUNDED IN REALITY BUT AGAB IS NOT REALITY IT'S IN THE
PAST.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


ROMANS 1:27 SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL


1. I'M NOT AS CONFIDENT WRITING ABOUT BIBLE PASSAGES AND THIS ONE IS A BIT MORE
COMPLEX THAN THE OTHER ONES. FOR INFORMATION ON THIS VERSE PLEASE READ TO
SOURCES IN THE DESCRIPTION. I MIGHT TRY TO WRITE SOMEONE ON THIS LATER. I WILL
STILL COPY SOME OF THE AFFIRMING INTERPRETATIONS BELOW.



2. "HUMAN SEXUALITY RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE STUDIED THE NATURE OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION MIGHT REJECT PAUL'S BELIEF THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS BEYOND THE NORMAL.
MANY RELIGIOUS LIBERALS REJECT PAUL'S CONDEMNATION OF HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR,
PARTICULARLY WHEN PAUL'S SUPPORT FOR THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN, AND HIS ACCEPTANCE
OF SLAVERY AS A NORMAL SOCIAL PRACTICE IN (PHILEMON 1:15 TO 16) ARE CONSIDERED.
THEY MIGHT FEEL THAT THIS PASSAGE IN 1 ROMANS SHOULD BE REJECTED AS IMMORAL AND
OUTSIDE THE WILL OF GOD, MUCH AS OTHER BIBLICAL PASSAGES ARE IMMORAL BY TODAY'S
ETHICAL STANDARDS AND SHOULD BE IGNORED INCLUDING THOSE PASSAGES THAT REGULATED
HUMAN SLAVERY, REQUIRED SOME HOOKERS TO BE BURNED ALIVE, ADVOCATED GENOCIDE,
REQUIRED VICTIMS OF RAPE TO MARRY THEIR RAPIST, ALLOWED THE TORTURE OF
PRISONERS, AND REQUIRED THE EXECUTION OF NON-VIRGIN BRIDES."

3. "PAUL DIDN'T WRITE IT AS A CONDEMNATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY, BUT AS A CRITICISM
OF GREEK BEHAVIOR IN TEMPLE WORSHIP. GREEKS OFTEN INCORPORATED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
IN TEMPLE WORSHIP." - J. NELSON

4. "THE COMPLETE PASSAGE DESCRIBES HOW A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS LEFT THE CHURCH,
CONVERTED TO PAGANISM, AND ENGAGED IN ORGIASTIC, PRESUMABLY HETEROSEXUAL SEXUAL
ACTIVITIES. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WAS COMMON AMONG PAGAN FERTILITY RELIGIONS IN
ROME DURING PAUL'S TIME. PAUL WRITES THAT, LATER, GOD "GAVE THEM OVER" TO
SOMETHING NEW: HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR. THIS IMPLIES THAT THEY HAD A HETEROSEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND HAD ENGAGED ONLY IN HETEROSEXUAL SEX THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME.
GOD INFLUENCED THEM IN SOME WAY TO ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ORGIES. THIS WAS, FOR
THEM, AN UNNATURAL, AND THUS SINFUL, ACTIVITY. PAUL CRITICIZED THEM BECAUSE THEY
WERE ENGAGED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY WHICH WAS UNNATURAL FOR THEM. FOR A PERSON WITH
A HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION, HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS "SHAMEFUL," "UNNATURAL,"
"INDECENT," AND A "PERVERSION." THE PASSAGE IN ROMANS IS NOT A CONDEMNATION OF
HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR. RATHER, IT DISAPPROVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR THAT IS AGAINST A
PERSON'S BASIC NATURE (I.E. HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIORS BY PEOPLE WHOSE ORIENTATION IS
HETEROSEXUAL)." - DR. SWINEY

5. "SOME QUESTION WHETHER THE WORD "PERVERSION" IN VERSE 27, AND "SUCH THINGS"
IN VERSE 30 ARE RELATED TO ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF GAY AND LESBIAN BEHAVIOR. E.G.:
HOMOSEXUAL ORGIES, OR GROUP SAME-GENDER SEXUAL PRACTICES IN A RELIGIOUS SETTING.
THIS WAS A COMMON PRACTICE AMONG PAGANS AT THE TIME; E.G. IN THE TEMPLES
DEDICATED TO THE GODDESS APHRODITE. CASUAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF A
COMMITTED, MONOGAMOUS TWO PERSON RELATIONSHIP, OR HOMOSEXUAL MOLESTATION BETWEEN
A MAN AND A CHILD. IN PAUL'S DAY, THE CHILD VICTIM WAS OFTEN A SLAVE. THESE
PROBABLY WERE THE ONLY FORMS OF SAME-SEX ACTIVITY THAT PAUL WAS FAMILIAR WITH.
PAUL MAY WELL HAVE NOT BEEN THINKING OF GAYS AND LESBIANS IN COMMITTED
RELATIONSHIPS WHEN HE WROTE THIS PASSAGE. HE NEVER REFERRED TO SUCH COUPLES IN
HIS WRITINGS, AND MAY WELL HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANY DURING HIS LIFETIME. HE
MIGHT SIMPLY HAVE BEEN CONDEMNING HOMOSEXUAL ORGIES AND OTHER SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE OF A MONOGAMOUS SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP."



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HOMOSEXUALITY - RELIGIOUS


1 CORINTHIANS 6:9 AND 1 TIMOTHY 1:9-10 BANS HOMOSEXUALITY


1. MANY OTHER BIBLE PASSAGES ARE CONSIDERED IMMORAL TODAY AND ARE DISREGARDED.
2. MANY TRANSLATIONS GO WITH MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MALE PROSTITUTES OR MEN WHO
ENGAGE IN ADULTERY. THESE WOULD NOT APPLY TO LOVING AND CONSENTING SAME-SEX
RELATIONSHIPS.
3. AS I'M NOT AS CONFIDENT WRITING ABOUT BIBLE PASSAGES PLEASE CHECK OUT SOME OF
THE SOURCES IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR MORE INFORMATION.
4. WHEN THESE SECTIONS WERE MADE HOMOSEXUALITY WAS ALMOST ALWAYS IN THE CONTEXT
OF RAPE, NOT CONSENTING RELATIONSHIPS.
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HTTP://WWW.GODHATESSHRIMP.COM/ABOUT.PHP
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LGBT+ PEOPLE GET "SPECIAL TREATMENT"


1. NO THEY DON'T, THEY ARE ASKING FOR EQUALITY. THERE ARE MANY COUNTIES WHERE
BEING LGBT+ IS ILLEGAL AND THERE ARE MANY GAPS IN LGBT+ RIGHTS.
2. IT'S HARD TO ARGUE THAT LGBT+ RIGHTS GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. FOR
EXAMPLE, ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS DON'T ELIVATE LGBT+ PEOPLE ABOVE OTHERS. THEY
JUST MAKE BEING LGBT+ A PROTECTED CLASS LIKE RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
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TERF IS A SLUR


1. TERF IS USED WHEN A FEMINIST IS BEING TRANS-EXCLUSIONARY. IT'S USED WHEN
SOMEONE ACTUALLY SOMEONE FITS THE DEFINITION.
2. TERF DOES HAVE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION BUT THAT IS BECAUSE BEING
TRANS-EXCLUSIONARY IS NEGATIVE. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY TO CHECK OUT THE
TRANSGENDER PAGE OF ARGUMENTS.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


WOMEN/GAY PEOPLE BECOME TRANSGENDER TO ESCAPE SEXISM/HOMOPHOBIA


1. WHY WOULD SOMEONE MOVE FROM AN OPPRESSED GROUP INTO AN EVEN MORE OPPRESSED
GROUP? BEING TRANSGENDER CAN BE DANGEROUS.
2. TRANSITIONING TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME. IT IS VERY
CHALLENGING. PEOPLE DON'T DO IT FOR COMPARATIVELY SMALL REASONS.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS ATTACK RELIGIOUS FREEDOM


1. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROTECT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ALMOST NO ONE IS COMPLAINING
ABOUT THAT. PROTECTING LGBT+ PEOPLE IS A LOGICAL NEXT STEP AS LGBT+ PEOPLE CAN'T
CHOOSE THEIR ATTRIBUTES TOO.
2. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE IS DIFFERENT FROM RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
DISCRIMINATION IS ACTUALLY HARMFUL WHILE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS NOT.
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TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE TRANS


1. TRANSGENDER KIDS CAN KNOW THEIR GENDER FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE.
2. STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT THE BRAINS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE MORE RESEMBLE THE
BRAINS OF PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER. A STUDY HAS ALSO FOUND A GENETIC LINK.
THIS SUGGESTS GENDER IDENTITY HAS A BASIS IN BIOLOGY. THERE IS DEFINITELY A
PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS TOO WE JUST NEED MORE RESEARCH.
3. RAPID ONSET GENDER DYSPHORIA IS BASELESS DEBUNKED.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ATTACKS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM


1. A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS A CONSENTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 2 PEOPLE AND DOES
NOT AFFECT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AT ALL.
2. FOR DISCRIMINATION IN GENERAL SEE THIS ARGUMENT.
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ASEXUALITY DOES NOT EXIST / IS NOT VALID


1. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ASEXUALITY IS A VALID ORIENTATION AND ASEXUALS DON'T
EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ATTRACTION.
2. MORE SPECIFIC ARGUMENTS AGAINST ASEXUALS ARE ALSO INCORRECT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
VIEW THAT ASEXUALS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY (ACE
EXCLUSIONISM) BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OPPRESSED IS BAD LOGIC. FIRST OF ALL, WHILE
SOME FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASEXUALS ARE RARE, ASEXUALS STILL FACE MANY
STRUGGLES. SECOND, ACE EXCLUSIONISM SUBVERTS THE IDEA THAT THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY
IS AN INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR ALL SEXUAL MINORITIES.
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HTTPS://WWW.RESEARCHGATE.NET/PUBLICATION/257921632_ASEXUALITY_AN_EMERGENT_SEXUAL_ORIENTATION
HTTPS://WWW.HRC.ORG/RESOURCES/UNDERSTANDING-THE-ASEXUAL-COMMUNITY
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OTHER - NON RELIGIOUS


KIDS ARE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW THEY ARE TRANSGENDER


1. TRANSGENDER KIDS CAN KNOW THEIR GENDER FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE BEFORE KNOWING
WHAT TRANSGENDER MEANS.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


MARRIAGE IS A HOLY CHRISTIAN UNION


1. MARRIAGE IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVELY CHRISTIAN THING, MARRIAGE SPANS MANY CULTURES
AND WAS AROUND BEFORE CHRISTIANITY.
2. MARRIAGE CAN ALSO BE CIVIL. EVEN IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT RELIGIOUS SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE YOU CAN SUPPORT CIVIL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
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BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED


1. RESEARCH SHOWS BISEXUALITY IS A VALID ORIENTATION. THERE IS NO REASON YOU
CAN'T BE ATTRACTED TO MORE THAN 1 GENDER.
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OTHER - NON RELIGIOUS


TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HAVE AUTOGYNEPHILIA


1. AUTOGYNEPHILIA IS THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE TRANSITION BECAUSE THEY ARE AROUSED BY
THE THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES AS THE OTHER GENDER. THE AUTOGYNEPHILIA THEORY DOES
NOT LINE UP WITH WHAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SAY. FOR THIS THEORY TO BE TRUE MOST
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE MUST BE LYING AND WITH THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HAVING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS THIS IS INCONCEIVABLE. CLAIMING THAT ALL
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE LYING ALSO MAKES THE THEORY UNFALSIFIABLE BY MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET COUNTEREVIDENCE WHICH IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.
2. TRANSITION IS A LONG, HARD AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY THAT
ANYONE WOULD GO THROUGH IT JUST BECAUSE OF AUTOGYNEPHILIA.
3. WE ARE NOT SAYING NO ONE HAS AUTOGYNEPHILIA THERE ARE CERTAINLY ONE-OFF
CASES. THE PROBLEM IS AUTOGYNEPHILIA HAS NOT BEEN SEEN ON A WIDE SCALE.
4. THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AGREES THAT AUTOGYNEPHILIA IS MOSTLY FAKE. SEE THE
SOURCES FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PROBLEMS WITH AUTOGYNEPHILIA AND ACADEMIC
RESPONSES TO IT.
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HTTPS://WWW.TANDFONLINE.COM/DOI/PDF/10.1080/00918369.2010.486241
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


PRONOUNS REFER TO BIOLOGY


1. PRONOUNS REFER TO GENDER. THIS IS HOW THEY ARE USED MOST OFTEN. WHEN PEOPLE
USE PRONOUNS THEY GENERALLY GO ON LOOKS OR ON PEOPLE'S PREFERENCES. BIOLOGY IS
NOT USED OFTEN. IF WE DEFINE A WORD BY HOW PEOPLE USE IT PRONOUNS REFER TO
GENDER.
2. GENDER IS CHANGEABLE IN MOST CONTEXTS SO IF PRONOUNS REFER TO GENDER WHICH
THEY DO YOU THE MOST ACCURATE THING IS TO RESPECT THEM.
3. USING THE RIGHT PRONOUNS IS EASY AND USING THE WRONG ONES IS DAMAGING.
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TRANSGENDER PEOPLE HURT THE MILITARY


1. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SERVING IN THE MILITARY DOES NOT HURT
ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
2. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SERVING DOES NOT COST THE MILITARY THAT MUCH. IN THE US
TRANSITION-RELATED HEALTHCARE IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE UP 0.04% TO 0.13% OF MILITARY
HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES.
3. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BEING BANNED FROM THE MILITARY WOULD HURT IT BY REMOVING
PEOPLE WHO COULD STRENGTHEN IT.
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THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD TO WORK ON THAN LGBT+ RIGHTS


1. JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE BIGGER PROBLEMS DOES NOT MEAN RELATIVELY SMALLER
PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE FOCUSED ON. IF WE SPEND ALL OUR MONEY ON THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST PROBLEM THE WORLD WOULD BE A MESS.
2. BY THIS LOGIC ANTI LGBT+ PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE WORKING ON TAKING AWAY LGBT+
RIGHTS BECAUSE THERE ARE BIGGER PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD.
3. SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT WORKING ON CERTAIN PROBLEMS LIKE LGBT+ RIGHTS SO
WOULD MAKE THE WORLD BETTER BY WORKING ON THOSE.
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


KIDS ARE RUSHED INTO TRANSITION


1. KIDS CAN'T GET HORMONES AND SURGERY AT A YOUNG AGE UNLESS IN AN EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCE. GENERALLY, HORMONES ARE GIVEN AT 16 AND SURGERY AT 18.
2. THE ONLY TREATMENT GIVEN AT A YOUNG AGE IS PUBERTY BLOCKERS WHICH ARE MOSTLY
REVERSIBLE.
3. KIDS HAVE TO GO THROUGH EXAMS BEFORE GETTING TREATMENT AND ARE OVERSEEN BY
EXPERTS SO IT'S HARD TO SAY THEY ARE RUSHED.
4. BECAUSE QUESTIONING, COMING OUT, AND SEEKING TREATMENT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME
KIDS WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THEY ARE.
5. DETRANSITION AND REGRET RATES ARE LOW.
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HTTPS://WWW.WPATH.ORG/MEDIA/CMS/DOCUMENTS/WEB%20TRANSFER/SOC/STANDARDS%20OF%20CARE%20V7%20-%202011%20WPATH.PDF
HTTPS://WWW.MAYOCLINIC.ORG/DISEASES-CONDITIONS/GENDER-DYSPHORIA/IN-DEPTH/PUBERTAL-BLOCKERS/ART-20459075
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GAY PEOPLE MOLEST CHILD MORE THAN OTHERS


1. RESEARCH SHOWS GAY PEOPLE DON'T MOLEST CHILDREN AT HIGHER RATES.
2. A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT CLAIMS TO SHOW OTHERWISE HAS BEEN DEBUNKED.
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TRANSGENDER - NON RELIGIOUS


CONVERSION THERAPY WORKS AND/OR DOES NOT HARM PEOPLE


1. CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE CONTEXT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE
INEFFECTIVE. WHILE THEY SAID DATA IS SOMEWHAT LACKING A REVIEW FROM A MEDICAL
ORGANIZATION FOUND CONVERSION THERAPY TO BE INEFFECTIVE. THESE RESULTS WERE
BACKED UP BY A META-STUDY THAT ANALYZED 13 DIFFERENT STUDIES, 12 OF THE 13 SAID
CONVERSION THERAPY WAS INEFFECTIVE. THE 1 STUDY THAT CLAIMED CONVERSION THERAPY
WORKED WAS RUN ON A PURELY RELIGIOUS SAMPLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO BIAS SUCH AS
PEOPLE REPRESSING FEELINGS OR BEING IN DENIAL AND IT ONLY FOUND THE PRACTICE WAS
EFFECTIVE IN A MINORITY OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
2. WHILE THERE IS LESS RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSGENDER CONVERSION
THERAPY, IT'S GENERALLY REGARDED AS NOT EFFECTIVE.
3. CONVERSION THERAPY IS EXTREMELY HARMFUL, MANY STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT
CONVERSION THERAPY CAUSES EFFECTS LIKE INCREASED SUICIDE RATES, DEPRESSION, AND
ANXIETY.
4. MOST MAJOR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CONDEMNED CONVERSION THERAPY AND CALLED
FOR A BAN.
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HTTPS://WWW.WPATH.ORG/MEDIA/CMS/DOCUMENTS/SOC%20V7/SOC%20V7_ENGLISH.PDF
HTTPS://JAMANETWORK.COM/JOURNALS/JAMAPEDIATRICS/FULLARTICLE/2789415
HTTPS://PUBMED.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/32437277/
HTTPS://WWW.LAMBDALEGAL.ORG/PUBLICATIONS/HEALTH-AND-MED-ORGS-STMTS-ON-SEX-ORIENTATION-AND-GENDER-IDENTITY
HTTP://ASSETS2.HRC.ORG/FILES/ASSETS/RESOURCES/NATIONAL_ORGS_LETTER_IN_SUPPORT_OF_LEGISLATIVE_EFFORTS_TO_END_CONVERSION_THERAPY.PDF
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


SCHOOLS SHOULD OUT LGBT+ STUDENTS IN THE NAME OF PARENTAL RIGHTS


1. IN A SURVEY, ONLY 37% OF LGBT+ YOUTH SAID THEIR HOME WAS AFFIRMING, LOW
SUPPORT FROM PARENTS LEADS TO WORSE MENTAL HEALTH, AND LGBT+ YOUTH ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY HOMELESS. OUTING KIDS TO PARENTS WOULD MAKE THESE BAD
PROBLEMS MUCH WORSE.
2. OUTING A KID TO A PARENT VIOLATES THE KID'S PRIVACY.
3. SCHOOL STAFF CAN SOMETIMES BE THE ONLY WAY A LGBT+ STUDENT CAN GET SUPPORT OR
HELP, AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL STAFF CAN IMPROVE THE MENTAL
HEALTH, SAFETY AND ACADEMIC PREFORMANCE OF LGBT+ STUDENTS. LAWS THAT FORCE
SCHOOL STAFF TO OUT STUDENTS WOULD PREVENT MANY STUDENTS FROM BEING ABLE TO
SAFELY ACCESS THESE RESOURCES.
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HTTPS://WWW.GLSEN.ORG/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/2021-04/NSCS19-FULLREPORT-032421-WEB_0.PDF
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GENERAL - NON RELIGIOUS


TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SHOULD BE BARRED FROM CHANGING THEIR LEGAL GENDER


1. NOT BEING ABLE TO LEGALLY CHANGE GENDER CAN MAKE MANY PARTS OF LIFE HARDER.
FOR EXAMPLE, INCORRECT IDENTIFICATION CAN BE AN ISSUE AT SECURITY CHECK POINTS,
AT TRAFFIC STOPS OR DURING VOTING.
2. IT'S HARD TO ARGUE THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LEGALLY
CHANGE THEIR GENDER WHEN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE CAN CHANGE MANY OF THEIR GENDER
CHARACTERISTICS. IF SOMEONE IDENTIFIES AS A GENDER, PRESENTS AS A GENDER,
MEDICALLY TRANSITIONS TO THAT GENDER, LIVES LIFE AS THAT GENDER AND EVERYONE
KNOWS THEM AS THAT GENDER, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET LEGAL RECOGNITION.
3. INCORRECT IDENTITY DOCUMENTS CAN OUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHICH CAN LEAD TO
HARMFUL SITUATIONS.
4. BECAUSE THE MAIN PERSON BEING AFFECTED BY AN IDENTIFICATION CHANGE IS THAT
PERSON, CHANGING LEGAL GENDER IS A MATTER OF PERSONAL FREEDOM WHICH IS ANOTHER
REASON IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED.
5. RESEARCH HAS SUGGESTED THAT ACCESS TO LEGAL GENDER CHANGE IMPROVES QUALITY OF
LIFE AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
6. THE ARGUMENT THAT ALLOWING TRANSGENDER TO CHANGE LEGAL GENDER WILL ALLOW MEN
ACCESS TO SINGLE-SEX SPACES FOR WOMEN IS FLAWED. FIRST OF ALL, THE PROCESS FOR
IDENTITY CHANGE CAN OFTEN BEING CHALLENGING OR TAKE TIME WHICH WOULD REMOVE
INCENTIVE OR STRAIGHT UP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ABUSING THE SYSTEM. SECOND, HAVING
THE FAKE DOCUMENTS WON'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CHECK IDS
OUTSIDE OF BATHROOMS.
7. THE ARGUMENT THAT ALLOWING TRANSGENDER TO CHANGE LEGAL GENDER WILL ENDANGER
CISGENDER WOMEN IN SINGLE-SEX SPACES IS ALSO FLAWED AND IS COVED HERE.
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HTTPS://TRANSEQUALITY.ORG/ISSUES/IDENTITY-DOCUMENTS-PRIVACY
HTTPS://WWW.LAMBDALEGAL.ORG/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/TRANSGENDER_BOOKLET_-_DOCUMENTS.PDF
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SAME-SEX PEOPLE CAN'T BE MARRIED UNDER THE BIBLE


1. IN THE BIBLE, PROCREATION IS NOT ONLY PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE. THERE WERE
MARRIAGES WITH INFERTILE PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE AND INFERTILE COUPLES OFTEN CAN GET
MARRIED IN A CHRISTIAN CONTEXT.
2. SAME-SEX COUPLES CAN HAVE CHILDREN THOUGH ADOPTION OR SURROGACY WHICH WOULD
HAVE A SIMILAR OUTCOME TO PROCREATION.
3. THE BIBLE OFTEN FOCUSES ON THE LOVE AND COMMITMENT IN A MARRIAGE WHICH IS
SOMETHING SAME-SEX COUPLES CAN HAVE.
4. OPPOSITE-SEX MARRIAGE WAS THE ONLY TYPE MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS
THE MOST COMMON AND THE ONLY TYPE OF MARRIAGE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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HOMOSEXUALITY - RELIGIOUS


GENDER TRANSITION SUBVERTS REALITY


1. AN ARGUMENT AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IS THAT TRANSITIONING SUBVERTS HOW
SOMEONE'S BODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE, OR THEIR "BIOLOGICAL REALITY" AS SOME PEOPLE
SAY. HOWEVER, WHAT SOMEONE'S BODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE IS NOT A REALITY, IT'S A
PREFERENCE PLACED ON THEM BY OTHERS. REALITY IS WHAT SOMETHING IS, NOT WHAT
SOMETHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE. IF REALITY IS CHANGED, THEN THE NEW THING BECOMES
THE NEW REALITY.
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SAME-SEX INTIMACY IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROCREATION


1. SEX CAN ALSO HAVE A UNITIVE MEANING WHICH IS OFTEN REFERENCED IN THE BIBLE.
2. CERTAIN TYPES OF SEXUAL ACTS ARE CONDEMNED IN THE BIBLE BUT THOSE ARE OFTEN
IN THE CONTEXT OF LUST, NOT LOVE AND COMPASSION WHICH SAME-SEX COUPLES CAN HAVE.
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TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM SPORTS


1. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERFORMANCE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN
SPORTS, MEDICAL TRANSITION REDUCES THIS ADVANTAGE. THIS ADVANTAGE WOULD ALSO BE
DECREASED FOR STUDENTS BEFORE PUBERTY.
2. SPORTS IS ALREADY INHERENTLY UNFAIR AND PEOPLE COME IN WITH BIOLOGICAL
ADVANTAGES ALL THE TIME, BUT THIS RARELY SEEMS TO MATTER. FOR EXAMPLE MICHAEL
PHELPS’S BODY GIVES HIM AN ADVANTAGE IN SWIMMING AND YET WE DON'T BAN HIM. THIS
COUPLED WITH THE FACT WE SHOULD VIEW TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AS THE GENDER THEY ARE
MAKES IT LOGICAL THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
3. FOR STUDENTS, COMPETITION IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT COMES OUT OF SPORTS. THE
VALUE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING CAN NOT BE UNDERSTATED. BANNING
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS WOULD STOP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THESE ADVANTAGES.
4. POLICIES THAT ALLOW TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN COMPETE IN SPORTS MORE FAIRLY
ALREADY EXIST IN SCHOOLS AND ATHLETIC GROUPS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS
INTRUDING ON THOSE POLICIES.
5. POLICIES THAT BAN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ALSO LIMIT THE RIGHTS OF INTERSEX
ATHLETES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY APPARENT FOR BANS ON TRANSGENDER STUDENT SPORTS,
THESE BANS RARELY INCLUDE PROTECTIONS FOR INTERSEX STUDENTS SO THEY WOULD
EFFECTIVELY BE BANNED FROM GENDER SEGREGATED SPORTS.
6. ATTEMPTS TO COMPLETELY BAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM SPORTS IGNORE THAT
COMPROMISES ARE POSSIBLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS COULD BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS. THIS WOULD BE BETTER THAN A BAN BECAUSE IT'S INACCURATE TO PAINT EVERY
TRANSGENDER PERSON AS HAVING AN ADVANTAGE WHEN THERE ARE VARIATIONS IN
INDIVIDUAL PREFORMACE.
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