Gender & Sexuality
Gender
Gender as an essential, permanent characteristic of premortal, mortal, and eternal identity — not a social construct or personal choice.
What's at issue
Gender as an essential, permanent characteristic of premortal, mortal, and eternal identity — not a social construct or personal choice. The doctrine that male and female are eternal categories established by God before birth and persisting beyond death.
Where it appears in the Proclamation
Reading
- When a Child Questions Their Gender
- How Should I Think About Heavenly Mother?
- “A Woman is Someone Who is Born with Space for Another”
- How Can I Speak the Truth About Marriage and Family in Love?
- Understanding the Doctrine of Eternal Gender and Identity
- Why Does God Say that Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman?