I was at a ladies' boutique when I noticed something about the attending clerks and asked the cashier, "Sinadya bang lalaki lahat ang staff?"

 

The cashier chuckled and said, "Bading po sila. Hindi po sinasadya. Babae po ang manager namin. Babae rin po ako."

 

Perhaps in the 20th century, I would feel my foot in my mouth but in these days of bending till your gender breaks loudly and proudly, I was indifferent. With a haircut that's only a few inches from the scalp and boobs nowhere to be seen even though the body is curvy, I felt unapologetic.

 

The male staff obviously looked gay but the cashier needed some guessing. (And I thought my stint at an exclusive school has made me an expert in spotting.) She did look softer than her male colleagues but not femininely soft. She simply looked like a chubby boy.

 

But what I found interesting in our conversation was that even though she clearly deviated from her biological gender in appearance and speech, she still identified herself as a woman. Gays sometimes take it as a compliment when they are mistaken for women but I don't know about butches.

 

As a Bible-believer, it is still and will always be "God made them male and female." Some may have preferences other than what God intended but in the midst of "I am a woman so let me use the ladies' room, compete in the women's division and win all the medals, and join beauty pageants," it is refreshing that there are members of the LGBT community that still affirm a biological fact AND more importantly, a spiritual truth. May it lead to the discovery of more biblical truths not only for them, but for all of us, regardless of gender/sexual preferences. Truth and only THE TRUTH can set us free.