Gender Ideology: Books

Drawing on the best insights from biology, psychology, and philosophy, Catholic author Ryan Anderson offers a nuanced view of human embodiment, a balanced approach to public policy on gender identity, and a sober assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong.

Gender dysphoria—severe discomfort in one’s biological sex—was vanishingly rare, typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerging in early childhood, and afflicting males almost exclusively. But today whole groups of young female friends are coming out as “transgender.” Abigail Shrier, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, has dug deep into the trans epidemic, talking to the girls, their agonized parents, and the counselors and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to “detransitioners”—young women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves. Shrier offers urgently needed advice about how parents can protect their daughters or retrieve them from this dangerous path.

With substance, clarity, and compassion, Favale teases out the hidden assumptions of the gender paradigm and exposes its effects. Yet this book is not merely an exposé—it is also a powerful, moving articulation of a Christian understanding of reality: a holistic paradigm that proclaims the dignity of the body, the sacramental meaning of sexual difference, and the interconnectedness of all creation.

In this book, Dr. Grabowski lays out where gender ideology comes from and identifies its sources—the poisonous currents of modern secularism, the chaos of the sexual revolution, and the ever-expanding reach of technology. In the end, Unraveling Gender shows that what may seem like a new fad is actually the most recent manifestation of one of the oldest heresies in the Church’s history, one which is best refuted by the enduring beauty and clarity of her teaching about the body and the gift of sexuality.

Public promotion of transgender identities, same-sex marriage, and surrogate parenthood indicate that we no longer view male and female as central to human flourishing. We need to recall who and what we are. The authors in this book are recognized practitioners in their fields (philosophy, obstetrics and gynecology, endocrinology, psychology, plastic surgery, and theology) who have spoken nationally and internationally to audiences concerned with today's crisis over the meaning of sexuality. Written by experts for non-specialists, it offers a comprehensive vision of the human sexual identity, male and female, and offers much-needed wisdom to see through the deceptions that afflict our time.

Blindsided when a child suddenly announces a transgender identity, a growing cadre of parents have found their families under assault by an insidious predator: the billion-dollar gender industry. Desist, Detrans, & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult provides a roadmap to help families navigate the treacherous terrain of gender ideology, and bring their children back to reality and safety.

Provides Catholic parents and teachers with crucial tools and techniques to help communicate how the right way to live is rooted in the way we’re made (a natural law approach). God’s design for human nature is a blueprint for moral living that any child can grasp through reason and apply to modern controversies over sex, marriage, life, and the quest for human fulfillment.

While government-run schools have been heading in a progressive direction for years now, the “game changer” for these Catholic authors is the full-on embrace of the gender revolution. They conclude that, “If you are concerned about your child’s faith, intellectual formation, and patriotism, public schools are working against you.”