Earlier today, I commented on some foolish homophobic post about the recent changed in California Law to allow children to use the restroom that aligns to their gender identity. The homophones call these types of legislation, “bathroom bills,” and always characterize the problem as boys going into the girls restroom. Then I saw this story which is really remarkable:

A new German law stipulates that children who are born of indeterminate gender no longer have to be categorized as “male” or “female.” Instead, parents can choose to leave the space blank on their child’s birth certificate, according to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Those individuals can eventually decide whether to identify as male, female or neither.

I do grasp why trans issues get conservatives so up in arms.  Forever, we have indoctrinated people to believe that sex and gender were binary: either male or female, and not changeable. Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Biological Sex- nothing around gender is as simple as that binary would suggest.

One of the things I love about this law is that it refocuses the issue where it belongs- on the fact that not all babies are born with clearly determined gender. This may not address all of the reasons why individuals come to a decision to identify as a gender different than how they have been assigned, but it is a start in recognizing that biology and creation happen outside of rigid binary constructs. Given that, even the graphic associated with the

via Germany To Offer Third Gender Option On Birth Certificates.

Here is the post I was referring to about the California law, and here is my favorite quote from it:

“You need to speak up and speak the biblical worldview, not in an abusive way,” Laursen told OneNewsNow.com. “They’re ambassadors of Christ, so they need to show love, compassion and grace. But they don’t need to bow, or curtsy if you will, to an absurd and obscene law.”

By Biblical worldview, they mean the Book of Genesis trumps Science.