Forward from the author:

A few years ago I began to hear about students in our community struggling with gender and sexuality. I knew that this had been a concern in other places, but our small community had largely been quiet on this front. I found a desire to think well about sex and gender in order to walk well with students and families who might be navigating the challenges of gender dysphoria. Since I was concurrently studying at seminary, I took the opportunity to begin researching and writing papers in this topic area for class. This paper was initially written for a Christian Ethics course, then edited and expanded to become the paper I wanted it to be (and what you have in front of you).