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When religious teachings conflict with internal truth

My church youth group leader says God made me female for a reason but everything about femininity feels like a costume I can never take off.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone struggles to reconcile spiritual beliefs with personal experience, questioning whether divine intention includes their authentic self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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