help from Two Nerdy Girls

This past Sunday, I couldn’t make mass at my usual parish, so I attended another Catholic church in the area which shall remain nameless.

I was dismayed that the homily veered into anti-trans pseudo-science which I will not recount so as not to spread further misinformation. I was upset, though, that I had no viable way to counteract this hurtful message. I hoped that there were no members of the LGBTQIA+ community in attendance, although, statistically, it’s likely.

Later in the week, I ran across this Two Nerdy Girls post, entitled “What does the science say about gender identity?” I learned a lot from it and thought it was a good summary of the topic from two public health experts which included links to the underlying scientific findings.

I was able to find a contact form for the church I had attended and sent the link to the homilist. I don’t know if he will read it – or believe it, if he does – but, at least, I tried.

Even if it is too little, too late.

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Author: Joanne Corey

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6 thoughts on “help from Two Nerdy Girls”

    1. Thanks for the encouragement, Devon. It’s so discouraging to see backsliding on rights issues across such a wide swath of the public. Ignorance and misinformation just make things worse.

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  3. When I read this explanation of body/brain development, I can’t help but see validation that God made us all the way we were meant to be. I don’t know it if it will strike your homilist the same way, but the chance wouldn’t even exist if you hadn’t sent it. ❤

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    1. I was grateful to Two Nerdy Girls for bringing me the science. There is so much research on so many topics that it’s difficult to keep up, but, yes, you can’t plausibly blame social media for brain development that happened years before. People will often say regarding their gender identity or sexual orientation that they had always been this way and the science is showing us the mechanism. As you say, “God made us all the way we were meant to be.” Amen!

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