The latest example of pure meanness is Trump’s Orwellian policy denying retirement benefits to forcibly retired transgender Air Force personnel. (Plain Dealer, 8/8/25) One may apply for an “exception,” but none have been approved.

People volunteer to serve their country at whatever cost and now are tossed out like yesterday’s garbage. Imagine the pain and insult that they must feel, rejected by their government even after years of service. As a Catholic theologian and bioethicist, I feel both angry and sad.

Biology continues to demonstrate that gender is not a choice but a reality. Some babies are born with both male and female genitalia. Others demonstrate ambiguous sexuality caused by chromosomal differences or their influence.

Genesis 1 notes that when God looks at human creation, Go

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