Gender Fluidity In The United States

In the United States, gender identification has taken a whole new direction. There are now sixty-three ways in which a person can identify themselves based on gender. In a time span of sixty years, those who perceive sexuality in a different way have gone from being persecuted to being able to recognize the exact category and classification to be associated with. This extreme change has definitely caused a strong sense of acceptance, but it is argued that this has also caused a type of trend-setting fad.
Gender fluidity is when a person feels more associated with a male on some days and female on other days. In this way, the person is not even identifiable in terms of gender, but looking back on sexuality, the biological matching of the person …show more content…
Christians have responded in a variety of ways to secular divorce laws, birth control, legalized abortion, and homosexuality. The responses are usually categorized as either liberal or conservative and these divisions cut across denominations. The conservative view holds that certain scriptural texts and the tradition of the Church teaches that premarital sex, abortion, and homosexual behavior are always wrong. The liberal view makes no rigid generalization of right or wrong in these matters but regards the presence or absence of caring love to be the decisive factor in determining the morality of a particular situation. The Catholic Church, which has the highest number of members worldwide, does not view homosexual orientation as sinful, but holds the belief that those who identify this way are called to chastity. The Church does not believe in any kind of discrimination towards these people but it does not celebrate same-sex marriages or accept homosexual relationships. As for priesthood, today, many men’s religious orders and some bishops often make their own decisions regarding gay men as candidates for the seminary and priesthood (Campaign, "Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Roman Catholic