Gender

• Elder Boyd K. Packer, Talk to the All-Church Coordinating Council, May 18, 1993

"That young man with gender disorientation needs to know that gender was not assigned at mortal birth, that we were sons and daughters of God in the premortal state. "

• The Family: A Proclamation to the World

"Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose."

• Lee Jussim Ph.D., "The Sexism in Science Controversies: Are scientific claims of sexism in science overstated?", Psychology Today, Jul 02, 2015

Talks about legitimate gender differences that lead to the appearance of discrimination, and how social engineering to correct this apparent discrimination can be harmful to both men and women.

• Neal Colgrass, "In this town, some girls become boys at puberty", Fox News, September 21, 2015

Article talks about a rare condition in which people born as apparent females, are actually male, but the penis doesn't form until puberty. They are referred to as "guevedoces" in regions where this genetic anomally is common enough to have a name.

Cross-References

• Family
• Women