Transvestites, Cross Dressers- Dress the part and you will wear the shame.

Why love that which only brings repulsion and shame?

Scripture clearly prohibits Cross dressing. Deuteronomy 22:5 states that Women are forbidden from wearing anything that pertains to a man and it also prohibits men from putting on a woman’s garment. The prohibition is concise and clear. The simple reason Scripture gives for prohibiting cross-dressing is that the behavior is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. The word abomination implies that cross-dressing causes disgust or hatred. If person does a reality check, they will know for themselves that this statement is true. A wife would only think less of you as a man if she catches you trying on her underwear. How much more the surrounding world of people? Society may be all a buzz about transgender people right now. This is because people like a good freak show. Being a spectacle may bring some attention for a bit, but the sensation is truly short lived. Political correctness may compel people to feign acceptance of your behavior; they may even applaud your courage for coming out. But in their heart of hearts, they will feel a bit repulsed and never think of you the same. Most people are not confused about their gender and will only think you as weird if you are confused about it. Who really wants to be thought of as a freak of nature? At the end of the day, Cross-dressing always brings a life of shame. Those who openly indulge in such behaviors have to wear that shame for the rest of their lives. So what real benefit does a person receive from cross dressing? Whether they know it or not, transvestites are in love with dishonor. Of course, God is most of all repulsed by the behavior of cross dressing. Why should people care if God is repulsed or not? Because one of the scariest sensations for people to experience is the feeling that God has turned and left them. The emptiness this causes in the life of person cannot really be shaken and it can make people go mad. Cross-Dressers often complain that they feel like monsters inside and I believe they feel this way precisely because of this. What good is indulging in a behavior that only makes you lose your soul? People act like fools because they think like one. Allow God’s Word to enlighten your thinking and you will naturally begin to put foolish things aside. This is what Scripture means by Putting off the old clothes and putting on the new.

A Sex Change will not make your problems go away.

Change what God has made good and you will only ruin it in the end. The compulsion to cross dress is often nothing more than a neurotic sexual obsession- a sexual turn-on for some. However, the actual sex change life is not the ultimate turn-on people would imagine it to be. It should go without saying such transitional operations are quite painful. Mutilated genitals always lose their sensitivity and can become non-orgasmic. For men, the intense sexual fetish may be perverted but it is nonetheless fueled by male hormones. As a man transitions to a woman those feelings dampen with female hormones and the removal of their testicles. Doctors do not even know all the long term health effects to these operations. Those taking the plunge are serving as human guinea pigs for these procedures. Of course, the damage would be irreversible. Better to be a fully functioning male or female than a second class imitation. These changes will impact every future relationship an intersex person has. Many pay a high cost in terms of friends and family. The worst part about it is that the sex change will not make your problems go away. At the end of the day, you still have to live with yourself. Changing what is external does nothing to fix what is really internal. A person should really consider this before they go under the knife. Remedying the compulsion is not contingent on a complete sex change; there is a better way. You may feel like a woman trapped in a man’s body, but it is just that- a feeling. Feelings can always be remedied by addressing the heart issues that cause them. It begins by knowing the truth. Change your thinking and your feelings will always follow suit. Allow God to transform you by the renewing of your mind. Fixing the spiritual cause of the pain is always better.

We don’t do transvestites or anyone else any favors by not telling them the truth.

I know some of these words can cut. Let them cut out things in their life that would destroy you. Hearing them may sound offensive to some, but it is the truth. We are not their enemy when we tell them the truth. Political correctness only promotes the delusion for people suffering from gender confusion. It is not the church’s job to succumb to cultural pressure; it is the church’s job to help guide the culture. We help people when we do this. Straight talk from a friend can be trusted more than the multiple kisses of insincerity from on-lookers. Straight talk shows concern and a willingness to take a risk to help someone else. If society becomes confused on the issue of gender, how are developing children supposed to get it all straight? Hormones and adolescence are difficult enough for kids to go thru, why make it harder by failing to guide them? Small children often internalize the crazy labels culture puts on them. Without the loving guidance of parents and role models, children often begin to believe what the twisted culture labels them as. There is nothing wrong with a woman being a bit of a tom boy; this does not make her less of a woman. There is nothing wrong with a man being a bit more emotionally-sensitive, this does not make him less of a man. God made them male and female; He does not make mistakes. He expects you to live how He made you to be. Children need mature parents to guide them through these stages of development. We owe it to them to provide this guidance.

God does not make mistakes even when some might think so.

When discussing the transgender topic, people often ask about the special case of the hermaphrodite- the person born with both male and female parts. Again, I would say that God does not make mistakes. I do not pretend to know why God made some people the way they are. I do trust that Providence always knows best. In Matthew 19:12, Jesus acknowledges that some people were born Eunuchs and that some were made that way by men. A person cannot help how they were born. They are also not responsible for circumstances that happen beyond their control. For those with such special circumstances, Jesus himself says to accept the lot that God has given them if they can accept it. The Bible refers to it as living as you were called. Remaining as you are is not the same issue as cross-dressing; but the two topics often get muddied together. God’s condemnation of cross-dressing does not apply to an individual simply born different than most people. People may be unaware that God also has a plan for Eunuchs. He says in Isaiah 56:3-5, “Do not let the Eunuch say ‘Here I am, a dry tree, For thus says the Lord: To the Eunuch who keeps my Sabbaths and chooses what pleases me, and hold fast to my covenant, even to them I will give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.” God has a plan for everyone He has made. There are no accidents. In the manner that God has made you, He expects you to dress the part.

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