A Trans Woman Wearing Women's Clothes Is Not Cross-Dressing. Here's Why.
A trans woman wearing women's clothes is not pretending to be what she is not. She is being what she is. She is living authentically, not practicing deception. The entire framework of the prohibition — deception — does not apply to someone living their truth.
If "God doesn't make mistakes" means bodies should never be altered, then glasses, insulin, hearing aids, cleft palate repair, pacemakers, and heart surgery are all forbidden. We don't apply this logic to any other medical condition. Gender-affirming care is supported by every major medical organization as evidence-based, life-saving treatment.
And the empirical evidence is clear: trans youth in non-affirming environments have suicide attempt rates exceeding 50%. Those with accepting families experience an 82% reduction.
Even if you disagree theologically — use people's names and pronouns, tell them they're loved, don't kick them out. The stakes are measured in lives.
The Bible Never Says Suicide Sends You to Hell. Here's Why
The teaching that suicide automatically sends someone to hell comes from Augustine (5th century) and was formalized by Thomas Aquinas (13th century). It was a theological conclusion, not a biblical citation. Even the Catholic Church's current Catechism has walked it back, acknowledging diminished responsibility and stating: "We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives."
Romans 8:38-39: "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God."
Neither death. That means the method of death does not override God's love.
*If you are struggling right now:* you are not condemned. Call or text 988. There are doors out of suffering that are not death.
The Bible Never Mentions Trans People. Here's Why.
Transgender people are not eunuchs. But the Bible's consistent movement toward including gender outsiders — culminating in Jesus's direct acknowledgment and Philip's unconditional baptism — establishes a clear trajectory.