My response to the various comments about the Church being homophobic.

Acts 8:26-40English Standard Version (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah, And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”
And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Under Hebrew law, a eunuch would not have been allowed to worship at the temple. He would never have made it past the immersion baths and would have been sent to join the women and children. A eunuch would have been as close to trans-gender as medical science was possible of at the time.

What is God’s order to the Church? Run after him. As soon as the eunuch understands that he has the potential for full participation and welcome into the community he jumps for joy and takes the first chance he gets to be baptized.

The Bible says absolutely nothing about lesbianism. In all primates, it is a survival trait to avoid being beaten up by the inferior males. The inferior males hit. They know the females won’t voluntarily mate with them, so they terrorize them to make them too afraid to refuse. See patriarchal religions on inferiority of women. The Old Testament has about 1 sentence on gay men. Homosexuality didn’t even make the 10 commandments.

So I would say I don’t understand the confusion. The Church’s position on transgender and homosexuality is quite clear and joyfully, fully welcomes them into the Church under direct orders from God.

From Men Explain Religion to Me – mansplaingod.me (Yes I have permission to post.)