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Gender reassignment
The Hidden Cause of Homosexuality · Dr. Alaa Alsalem
7. Can Gender Reassignment be a Cure for Homosexuality?
Western institutions that oppose homosexuality, such as American Christian boot camps for underage homosexuals, have long pursued many methods of treatment, some of which are unacceptable. “In 2006, a lawsuit was filed against WWASP and Cross Creek by 25 victims of such Christian boot camps. The children and teenagers were claiming they had been forced to eat vomit. They were also sexually abused. They also allowed the older students to sexually abuse the younger students. Children were also subjected to kicking and beating, chained and locked in cages with dogs or isolated in small baskets, or even dark cellars. They were forced to urinate and defecate in front of their
fellows, and were forced to clean toilets and floors with their own toothbrush, then forced to use the toothbrush afterwards.”69
If these accounts from Christian boot camps are true, they increase sympathy toward homosexuals and make them cling to sexual perversion even more rather than treating them. Moreover, these accounts show the camps express other perversions no less dangerous than homosexuality itself. This conduct reflects negatively on religion, as does the estimate that 10% of Christian male clergy were homosexual in 2010, higher than the 3% in the general population. The situation in the West is the same as with us in the East: we see an abundance of preaching, guidance, and asceticism, except that, in reality, some preachers do more harm than good.
After knowing the hidden cause of homosexuality, gender reassignment or amending one’s gender to cure homosexuality becomes meaningless. Homosexuals have recurring psychological thoughts of trickery, which recall past events buried in their bodies during the stage of fetal development (as indicated by Sayyed Ahmed Alhasan in his Facebook post). As long as they cannot cure these thoughts, the male merely changing his gender to female and vice versa will not benefit them in curing homosexuality.
We can not always consider "gender reassignment" correct, even in the case of gender identity disorder, also known as gender dysphoria (a feeling when a specific person identifies with the other sex), for the same reason mentioned above. A male who feels he is a female is actually a male, possessing complete male sexual organs. Hence, masculinity is the dominant nature of his body. However, his sense of belonging to the other sex is merely an elusive thought that demonstrates the past buried in his body during his embryological developmental stage, even though there is no real effect, as we previously discussed. The same applies to females who feel they are males: they are actually females with female reproductive organs. In these cases, treatment by gender reassignment is unsound not only from a religious perspective but also from a medical and scientific perspective. It is not beneficial, as we saw earlier. The right treatment for homosexuals and those afflicted with sexual dysphoria is the same: to eliminate deceptive, suggestive thoughts.
Yes, some may have medical conditions, such as undeveloped reproductive organs, organs that are not identifiable as either male or female, or even a combination of male and female reproductive organs. In such cases, one can consciously select one of the two genders as their own, then have gender reassignment surgery to determine their gender.
Regarding gender reassignment, Sayyed Ahmed Alhasan says:
A way to determine the sex of a human is through the physical state by observing whether the genitals are fully developed. If the genitals are masculine, the person is a male and it is not permissible for him to have a sex-change operation. If the genitals are feminine, the person is a female and it is not permissible for her to have a sex-change
operation. However, if the genitals are not fully developed or if the person has a combination of them or other similar congenital abnormalities, he can choose the sex and have a surgical procedure that declares him male or female. This is the answer concerning the jurisprudential aspect.
We can understand the issue of a male person feeling that he has an inner female or vice versa by knowing that sex determination came at a late stage of evolution on planet Earth.70
From our discussion, it has become clear that the decision by the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from DSM in its 3rd edition and replace it with “gender dysphoria disorder” in its 5th edition as an illness or psychological disorder was wrong. To them, considering it an illness or a psychological disorder amounts to an admission. Hence, removing one condition and retaining the other is the wrong decision. Similarly, the edict from some religious scholars to allow "gender reassignment" is also incorrect.