What's the Deal with Transgenderism?

by Pastor Matthew Norville, Sr.

“Transgenderism” (sometimes called “transsexualism”) is the (false) idea that a person can “transform” or “transition” from one sex into the other.

A person who says that they are “transgender” or “transsexual” (or “trans” for short) is a liar because it is impossible for a person to “transform” or “transition” from one sex into the other.

The sex of a person is based on their chromosomes and is determined at conception when God creates the person.

A person who is a male has at least one Y chromosome (or the Sex-determining Region Y (SRY) gene from the Y chromosome) in the nuclei of the cells of his body.

A person who is a female does not have any Y chromosomes (or the Sex-determining Region Y (SRY) gene from the Y chromosome) in the nuclei of the cells of her body.

The SRY gene is normally attached to the Y chromosome. The SRY gene determines that the person is a male.

In other words, if a person HAS the SRY gene in the nuclei of the cells of their body, the person is a MALE.

If the person DOES NOT HAVE the SRY gene in the nuclei of the cells of their body, the person is a FEMALE.

And there is no such thing as an “intersex” person—a person that is partly male and partly female. This is just a term that the liberals came up with.

The Word of God says that every person that God creates is created as either a male or a female. Genesis 1:27:

“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.”

A normal male person has an X and Y chromosome pair (XY) in the nuclei of the cells of his body.

However, there are a number of male diseases that a male person could have:

1. A male person who has two X chromosomes and a Y chromosome (XXY) or two X chromosomes and two Y chromosomes (XXYY) in the nuclei of the cells of his body has an abnormality called “Klinefelter's Syndrome.”


2. A male person who has three X chromosomes and a Y chromosome (XXXY) or four X chromosomes and a Y chromosome (XXXXY) in the nuclei of the cells of his body has an abnormality called “Extreme Klinefelter's Syndrome.”


3. There is a rare male disease where the SRY gene becomes detached from the Y chromosome and attaches itself to an X chromosome. This male person who has two X chromosomes with one of them having the SRY gene in the nuclei of the cells of his body has an abnormality called “XX Male Syndrome” or “De La Chapelle Syndrome.”


4. There are a number of male diseases in a category called “46,XY Disorder of Sexual Development (46,XY DSD) diseases.” These people that have any of the various 46,XY DSD diseases all have XY chromosomes. Therefore, they are all males.
   
   The famous track athlete, Mokgadi Caster Semenya, from the country of South Africa, has a 46,XY DSD disease called 5α-Reductase 2 Deficiency (five alpha reductase two deficiency) (sometimes called 5αR2D or 5-ARD for short) that is caused by a mutation in the SRD5A2 gene. It is very unfortunate and very wrong that he was raised as a girl.
   
   Some other famous (male) track athletes that have various 46,XY DSDs and were raised as girls are:
    
   • Francine Niyonsaba, from the country of Burundi
   
   
   • Margaret Wambui, from the country of Kenya
   
   
   • Beatrice Masilingi, from the country of Namibia
   
   
   • Christine Mboma, from the country of Namibia

A normal female person has a pair of X chromosomes (XX) in the nuclei of the cells of her body.

However, there are a number of female diseases that a female person could have:

1. A female person who has a single X chromosome (X) in the nuclei of the cells of her body has an abnormality called “Turner's Syndrome” or “XO Syndrome.”


2. A female person who has three X chromosomes (XXX) in the nuclei of the cells of her body has an abnormality called “Trisomy X Syndrome” or “Triple X Syndrome.”


3. A female person who has four X chromosomes (XXXX) in the nuclei of the cells of her body has an abnormality called “Tetrasomy X Syndrome” or “Quadruple X Syndrome.”


4. A female person who has five X chromosomes (XXXXX) in the nuclei of the cells of her body has an abnormality called “Pentasomy X Syndrome” or “Quintuple X Syndrome.”

In order for a person to change from one sex into the other, they would have to change the chromosomes in every cell of their body. Since this is impossible, no one can “transform” or “transition” from one sex into the other.

Therefore, it is a misnomer to say that a person is “transgender” or “transsexual” because in reality there is no such thing as a “transgender” or “transsexual” person.

As Christians, we should make or say statements that are true and grammatically correct. We do not want to sound uneducated or confuse people. So we should never say that a person “is transgender” because nobody really “is transgender.” Instead, we should use true and grammatically correct sentences like, “So and so says that they are transgender,” or “There were people there that call themselves transgender,” because it is true that people say that they are transgender, but it is NOT true that they actually are transgender.