kyuuei
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Transexuality is an internal feeling of not identifying as one's biological gender. Gayness is a feeling of being attracted to someone of the same sex for interaction of some kind, minimally, a loving bond of some kind.
Being trans is internal, being gay is more external.
Trans people have a drive to reconcile their body with their internal gender in order to feel 'right'. (please excuse semantics here, I realize there are many variations in these concepts). Gay people have a drive to be with people of the same sex to feel 'right'. In both cases, it is about changing one's biological body or function to match how one is feeling. Feelings come from many sources and are multi-varied. To say that, based on feelings, we can know that a person is gay biologically or transgender biologically is illogical, because feelings can be illogical!
If gay men have a brain similar to females it is simply because they have biologically suppressed their testosterone urges in themselves. We know that new fathers who co-sleep with babies do this as well: their estrogen increases and their testosterone decreases making them more empathic and gentle. Hormones are regulated by the brain. It should not come as a surprise to any intelligent being that this need not be a physical origin, but that it can stem from psychological origins.
I think switch is an apt word, and works well.
There seems to be a lot of anger and lashing out on Type C over gayness being from psycho-social origin rather than physical origin. And that living a gay lifestyle is a choice one makes, not something that one has to embrace. I wonder why all the anger?
I BELIEVE (my own opinion): Being gay is a disorder that should be explored for a cause and a treatment. And living a gay lifestyle is a willful choice to act out one's sexual desires in a less-than-ideal way (sinful) way.
Feeling gay is perhaps beyond someone's control, but that does not mean those feelings stem from biological origins. And no study will prove that, because it simply is not true. At least not for the majority of people who identify as 'gay'.
Instead we should be asking, "What makes me have gay feelings?" And, "Why and when did I start feeling gay feelings?" And, "What do I (as a man) feel like I can get from another man that I cannot get from a woman?"
And I think that is where the real interesting studies lie.
~Peace
And, Christians should love unconditionally, no matter what your behaviors are, or what you call yourself.
Typc doesn't hate Christianity. Just it's unintelligent followers. If a hundred people are telling you you're not being loving and nonjudgmental and christiany... You're probably not. You're being cruel, you've been cruel this whole time, every time you post about this; you're compelled to post in here because of your own hang ups with homosexuality and sin.
Give it a rest. There is a huge difference in thinking it's not right and also giving people the good will and kindness they deserve anyways and what you do. Thinking it is personally not right no one can fix. But I don't see you crusading for things the way you do in this topic. Just. Stop.