God doesn’t confine themself to a single gender. God’s identity is complex and multifaceted, and humanity is created in God’s image.

After surviving this kind of horrible power abuse, victims often continue to be subject to power abuse from the authority figures whose job it is to protect.

Sex can be a touchy subject, and when it comes to church, people often feel that they are being judged or shamed for their behavior in their private lives.

At the same time as I was researching and writing this article, the state of California was having conversations about and moving toward the passing of a resolution to protect intersex children.

History is more than examples of what not to do (although it certainly can be that at times). History charts the course that has brought us to where we are now.

Because society at large holds this posture toward intersexuality, there tends to be a sense of fear or disgust when a baby with ambiguous genitalia is born.