I believe this is a way bigger factor than OP comment says: church failing to keep up with modern society.
1000% that's why I am against many (perhaps most by % in the US?) of the organized religious congregations.
those that identify queer, gender-fluid, whatever are told their literal existence is sin. it's hard to imagine how damaging that is if you're not in this community. It'd be like telling someone who has orange hair they are going to hell for something they have absolutely no control over.
In the worst cases they push parents to try to 'change' their kids, which has been shown to be incredibly dangerous and damaging.
Even if you're in a 'liberal' church that says we love gays like we love all humans, but don't think about getting married and in some cases can't have sex, that still does a huge amount of psychological damage and putting us on the outside of 'normal.'
1000% that's why I am against many (perhaps most by % in the US?) of the organized religious congregations.
those that identify queer, gender-fluid, whatever are told their literal existence is sin. it's hard to imagine how damaging that is if you're not in this community. It'd be like telling someone who has orange hair they are going to hell for something they have absolutely no control over.
In the worst cases they push parents to try to 'change' their kids, which has been shown to be incredibly dangerous and damaging.
Even if you're in a 'liberal' church that says we love gays like we love all humans, but don't think about getting married and in some cases can't have sex, that still does a huge amount of psychological damage and putting us on the outside of 'normal.'