Vatican issues guidance questioning modern gender identity

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1. There is, of course, a difference between anatomical sex

and gender identity. Human sexual expression--just like any other animal's--is a continuum. Biological Exuberance, by Bruce Bagemihl.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=biological+exuberance&i=stripbooks&crid=2YMTOQ1WV7OM4&sprefix=biological+e%2Caps%2C203&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12

> '"annihilate the concept of nature"

Hm. What about garden snails? They're hermaphrodites. What about seahorses? The male bears the young. What about microorganisms? They don't have sex at all. (Interestingly, these last constitute, by far, the largest proportion of life on the planet.) But I guess these creatures aren't natural.

And what about humans who are born as what is referred to as "intersex"?

"Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female--one in 100 births
Total number of people receiving surgery to 'normalize' genital appearance--one or two in 1,000 births"

http://www.isna.org/faq/frequency

That's an awful lot of non-standard human sexuality.

The Church has no ground on which to stand. But I for one am not surprised.