A world of different passions

I watched a documentary about Llyr, a 16 year old girl in West Wales, from an area called Aberystwyth, a traditional farming family rural area. She is going through treatment in England to transition from a young man to a lady.

Her father spoke on camera. He spoke of his child telling him of his dream job, which would be to become the best drag queen ever. He spoke of how he (the father) fobbed this idea off. The mother reminisced on how she had not given her son’s aspirations much thought. I guess hoping he will grow out of this feelings.

Well now he is going through the medical procedures to bring transition; he has done the psychological evaluations, he is taking the testosterone blockers etc. His parents say he(she) is at his happiest. And they are proud of his tenacity to do what makes him happy.

However the father went on to say that his biggest regret was not bringing himself to tell his own mother of his son’s lifestyle change. He said he just couldn’t. She just could not understand it. He said she heard from someone unrelated; and it was very hard for her to contemplate her grandson being a woman.

I remember speaking with a doctor the other day. She said ‘we have to give condoms to 12 year olds, and thirteen year olds. Yes, they are very sexually active. And we want to help them so they do not get pregnant. They know they can come into my clinic anytime and get a condom. I don’t tell them not to engage in sex, simply because I know that their hormones are raging, but I can do something about them not getting pregnant, not getting herpes and not testing positive for HIV. And that is what I am doing.’ Of course I know where she is coming from. She is doing her job. Is she wrong? No!

People are so passionate about what they feel; passionate about what they want; and they go for it regardless. And there are some who do not understand the aftermaths of these passions especially when they are seen to be so different – they believe a boy is a boy, and should become a man; and a girl is a girl and should become a woman.
Is this grandmother wrong? Is she callous? Is she insensitive? No. It is just that for some, they just do not understand it, nor does it align with their faith.

What I object to is one using that lack of understanding or even the misalignment with one’s faith as a weapon – to punish those who are transgender or whatever lifestyle they pursue with a passion. I am a Christian, my values are core and dear to me. But my values are not a weapon against others.

Our world has changed.

Changed? Maybe it has not changed. Maybe it has always being like this. Maybe people have always burnt with different passions. Yes, just like it was in Sodom and Gomorrah. It will not get better. They burnt with indignant passion for God’s holy angels back then such that they were destroyed. Having said this, I leave what I do not understand to God and know that He will take care of it all. I do not present myself as most holy and most righteous. I believe we are all working out our faith in God with fear and trembling. Let us continue doing this. All these different happening that we cannot control, leave to God, and let Him take care of them.

Linda Faith

Linda faith is the Editor in Chief of Jewels Magazine. She has authored eight books. She is a prolific writer and powerful speaker, inspiring many women to be all God has called them to be. She is the founder of Joy Women’s conference which reaches out to empower, inspire and motivate women in their faith walk. She was a software developer before she started writing.