letter, titled “A Catechesis on the Human Person and Gender Ideology.”“No one ‘is’ transgender,” Burbidge added.The document is intended to clarify the Catholic Church’s stance on sexual identity and transgenderism, and offer advice to various parts of the Church community — from parents to ministers to transgender individuals themselves — on how to deal with transgenderism, including a prohibition on the use of gender-affirming language, when they encounter it in the real world.In his letter, Burbidge lamented that popular culture has become more accepting of what he calls “transgender ideology,” or the fact that a person may experience gender dysphoria, where their gender identity feels incongruent with their physical body.
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