Question 487

What responsibility do human persons have in regard to their own sexual identity?

Answer

God has created human beings as male and female, equal in personal dignity, and has called them to a vocation of love and of communion. Everyone should accept his or her identity as male or female, recognizing its importance for the whole of the person, its specificity and complementarity.

Condenses CCC ¶¶ 2331-2336 2392-2393