What it makes you think that you are a man?
Or a woman? Clearly, it is more than your sexual arousal patterns or your
anatomy. It is more than the reactions of your family and society.
-
Barlow and Durand, 2012
Homosexuals. Gays. Queers. LGBT.
Two-spirit. Same-sex attracted. Bisexuals. Pansexuals.
These are the terms used to associate with
the so-called third gender. Third
gender is considered to be those people who have sexual attractions and behaviors
to the same sex (homosexuals), both sexes, such as men or women (bisexuals), or
to all sexes (pansexual). Generally speaking, they are said to be taboos because they do not the norms of
the society, which suggests that females are ONLY meant for males, and vice
versa. Some says that they are the reasons of the disasters that are currently
happening nowadays because God punishes them for the misconducts. However, some
consider them as Gods. In India, the third gender is respected because they are
said to be the counterpart of their God Vishnu when he has gone to the earth
before.
The essence of masculinity and femininity
is a deep-seated personal sense called gender identity. Gender identity
disorder is present if a person’s physical gender is not consisted with his/her
sense of identity. People with this disorder feel trapped in a body of the
wrong sex.
According to the psychologist’s nature versus nurture, homosexuality is
said to be genetically-inherited if we are talking about nature. On the other perspective,
the nurture believes that homosexuality could be developed through the
environment in which one is exposed to. Furthermore, there is no clear explanation
about the said topic. The root cause of homosexuality is still an issue in the
field of psychology. They even theorized that there is another stage which is
in accordance with this, the so-called gender identity disorder.
On the other hand, the church has its own
stand. They said that there are only two genders: male and female. It is
because the Bible says that we should go to the world and multiply. It is also
promoting heterosexual relationships in the sense that only man and woman are permitted
to have marital relations. This is also associated with what is stated above.
In reality, the LGBT community still feels
the prevailing discrimination from the society. This is widely shown the cases
of bullying, human trafficking, and racial insults and among others. People in
the said sexual orientations are said to be taboo because it does not follow
the norms of either the psychological or biblical point-of-view.
We should be taking into considerations
some factors in judging these people. It is a matter of choice. Some may say
that this is not what they want, but their heart contradicts this.
Homosexuality is not disgusting, society
is.
