For 6,000 years, one of the most basic facts of biology has been the binary gender system. In fact, so fundamental is gender to our kind that it is one of the few features God actually describes during the creation account. Genesis never tells us we were made to be bipedal, never describes our average height, doesn't mention our color range etc. But it does say "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:26-27).
Genesis continues to describe this creation in greater detail. Specifically, it shows us that Adam was initially created as a lone male, with nothing on Earth comparable to Him. That is, until "...the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Genesis 2:21-24).
The "one flesh" thing is an interesting way of saying male and female complete each other. Most human body parts are the same. Male and female both have the same respiratory system, for example, and these can function 100% independently of the other gender. A man does not need a woman for his heart to beat, his lungs to inhale, or his stomach to digest. A female's eyes will see, her ears will hear, her nose will smell, all without a male. But each gender has features that are uniquely theirs which cannot complete their function without the aid of the other gender. Men cannot carry children in their non-existent womb, nor can women fertilise their own eggs. Reproduction is a human function that can only be completed when two people of the opposite gender unite their separate anatomy, ideally within the confines of a healthy, natural marriage.
Of course, there are other ways of varying morality for reproduction to occur. For example, in 1 Corinthians 6:16, Paul tells us that he who sleeps with a prostitute takes part in this "one flesh" union. On top of this, modern science has brought forth ways to impregnate women without the sexual union of a man (though not without his sperm cells, nor can the resulting child survive without her womb). Basically, reproduction always needs a functioning male and female.
This means gay couples can only reproduce by, in some way, departing from their homosexuality. No amount of homosexual activity will produce offspring. If a gay couple wants children, they must bring in a third party of the opposite sex in some way. Furthermore, even transgenders cannot reproduce as their preferred gender. A male, seeking to be female, will never be able to get pregnant. Nor will he, having destroying his natural anatomy, be able to re-gain the ability to get a female pregnant (though ironically, if he retains his male anatomy, he will). Similarly, a female will never possess the ability to impregnate another female, no matter what surgery she undergoes, or when she undergoes it.
In an effort to "tolerate" transgenders, which effectively translates to a Fascistic attack on the freedom to call a spade a spade, the radical Left has taken to redefining gender in its entirety. It started "small", with the simple addition of it being "impolite" to assume someone's gender. Instead, it was considered polite to ask someone's preferred pronouns, of course with the overwhelming majority of people answering with what you would assume they would be.
In fact, ironically, while the radical Left love to note their pronouns in their social media bios, describing themselves as exactly what you would expect (e.g. yes, Kamala Harris is she/her), they never actually ask the pronouns of a non-Leftist. Yet, they always get them right!
This actually surprises me. If I was a strategist for the Left, I would advise them to occasionally use the wrong pronouns for Conservatives. Not consistently, because sometimes, the only way to be 100% wrong is to be 100% right. But occasionally, I would suggest making "assumptions" about, say, Jordan Peterson, call him "she", then when he corrects them, say "oh, so it is wrong to assume someone's gender".
Now, you would think this is silly, and it is. I'm only saying if I was a strategist for the Left, this is what I would advise them to do. However, it obviously wouldn't work, you'd be called out immediately by anyone smart enough to think on their feet. But at this point, the Left do not care how silly things are, because it did not stop at simply asking pronouns. It went to "there are 52 genders", and now, only a few years later, there are so many genders, some social media sites literally let you key in your own.
This has gotten so far beyond parody that the Left themselves no longer know when someone is making fun of them. Take, for example, one teacher brought into the spotlight by LibsOfTiktok. LibsOfTiktok is an account that exposes the Left through no other means than bringing them into the spotlight, finding TikToks made by Leftists and showing them to their mostly Conservative audience. This, ironically, got the account banned from Twitter, and its owner doxxed. That's how little confidence Leftists have in their worldview; they don't want you knowing what they believe.
This particular teacher describes her dilemma. Somehow, the issue of pronouns came up in her class, and one of the students pointed out that she had not asked his pronouns. So what are they? "Banana and rock". At first, she assumed the student was making fun of her, and she still can't figure it out, even stumbling over herself in the very process of asking whether she is being mocked "...and he said... sorry banana said banana and rock...".
The truth is, I myself cannot figure it out. On the one hand, a 5th or 6th grader isn't exactly immune to the pressures of our culture. It is entirely possible, and I dare say even probable, that both this student, and the class which defended "banana", genuinely are buying into this trend. In fact, there has been a terrifyingly large uptick in transgender youth, along with a very dangerous call to support this trendy delusion. Children, who must still obtain parental permission to get on a bus to go on a school trip, are being offered life-altering drugs, and even surgery, which cannot be undone, all because the alternative is offending people who come up with new genders on a regular basis.
One of these genders is "cake gender", which one TikToker clarifies "does not mean someone identifies as a cake". Nor, in fact, does it relate to how you relate to a particular gender experience, but how you relate to things. Rather, "it's typically described as them feeling light and fluffy or sweet and warm, and it's not something that you could typically describe with the terms 'masculine', 'feminine', 'androgenous' etc." Oh, and it also applies if you have different layers or flavors to your particular gender...
It gets me every time. It's needlessly complex, it boggles my mind, it's very difficult to tell if someone is being serious or not at this point. How is "cake gender" a gender at all? By this TikToker's own admission, it can't even relate to actual genders. So, in some bizarre twist, this, and other "xenogenders", is able to result in children... If a male and a female cake gender do their thing.
But what that means is that cake gender is no gender at all. God didn't create man "light and fluffy", He created us male and female. Without this binary system, the human race simply cannot continue. By contrast, humanity can continue with a 100% heterosexuality rate. If there was no LGBT community for the past 6,000 years, humanity would have been fine, maybe even more prosperous, but if there was insufficient heterosexual activity to produce the next generation at any point in time, we'd be gone by now. As a side note, this would explain why Depopulationists are all for the rise of "non-traditional" sexualities. If you believe there are too many people on the Earth, what better way to enforce your views than by convincing people to just stop reproducing to the point of either sterilising themselves willingly, or killing any children they happen to produce in the name of "sexual autonomy"? It's a farmer feeding his food!
But this is when LGBT advocates point out that actually, not everyone is born male or female. There are aberrations, such as hermaphrodites. There are several problems with this argument, starting with the fact that while such people do exist, and we do have to account for them, they're just not statistically relevant. Suggesting we should redefine gender based on them is actually like suggesting America is a Christian country, since there are more Christians in America than there are gender aberrations in any country, or on Earth as a whole. The fact is, statistically, if you meet a person, you can know, with a high degree of accuracy, what their gender is. Those who fall into the male/female gender categories are so overwhelmingly dominant that the very term "cisgender" is redundant, to the point of being, frankly, rather offensive. Why should I have to compromise my very identity, which is biologically verifiable, for sake of those who can be biologically verified to share it?
Indeed, much unlike the statistically irrelevant gender aberrations, transgenders can be biologically verified to either share my gender as a male, or be fully female. You can never know what goes on in someone's mind based on their biology, but you can determine someone's gender long after they are dead, based entirely on their bones.
The gender binary, as described in the Bible, is a fixed biological fact, without which the entire human race would go extinct. But it's quite clear from Scripture why we have begun to disagree. Another reality that has been fixed for almost as long is that we are all sinners. That is, we rebel against our Creator, who made us male and female in the beginning. As we move further away from Him, we also move further away from His design, and as gender is a particularly important aspect of that design, Satan most commonly attacks it.
When mankind fell, God promised the devil "...I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”" (Genesis 3:15). Satan, therefore, hates women, and so the transgender ideology, which disproportionately harms women, will naturally thrive as mankind throws down God's guardrails.
We see this very phenomenon described in Romans 1, where Paul tells us "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them."
The rejection of God, therefore, results in an increase in sin, and in particular homosexual sin. This brings with it all the tragic, self-destructive effects we see today. But there is hope. The aforementioned enmity between Satan and the woman also included the enmity between his seed and her seed. Notice, "He shall bruise your head...". Who? Christ.
The solution to all of this madness is Jesus Christ. This man is God in human flesh, the seed of Eve, born as a man through the blessed virgin, Mary. He lived a perfect life, never once sinning, yet Scripture tells us He became sin for us, that we may become the righteousness of God in Him. Therefore, even our gravest sins can be forgiven, and we have the promise of eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven, free from any injury we may have sustained here on this Earth. Even if it was self inflicted. To claim this promise, all we need to do is repent, and confess Jesus as the risen Lord.