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[–]BiologyIsReal 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, really. I grew up as Roman Catholic because that is the main religion where I live. Though, I would say it was more a cultural thing than a religious one. My family was/is not particularly religious, either: they are more casual (?) followers and a few atheists. As I got older I became more critical of the Church as institution and later of the concept of God (all of this was through my teen years). I'm also skeptical in general, so I don't believe in stuff like tarot, horoscope and homeopathy.

I believe in freedom of religion, but I'm wary of religious zealots and religion being involved in science and public policy. And I see many parallels between transgenderism and religion. To me "gender identity" sounds a lot like gendered souls, hate speach laws like blasphemy laws, the purity spirals like witch hunts, etcetera.

The biggest irony is that, on my country, it's religious zealots who are among the few who would openly critizes transgederism. It drives me crazy they do so while saying they believe in science... Also, they seem to think that feminists, the LGB community and trans identified people are a big happy family where everyone gets along...