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Fred G. Zaspel reviews Mark A. Yarhouse’s “Understanding Gender Dysphoria,” a timely book navigating “dreadfully complex” gender issues. The review defines gender dysphoria as “the experience of having a psychological and emotional identity as either male or female, and that your psychological and emotional identity does not correspond to your biological sex” (p.19). Zaspel notes, “gender itself is under question,” making Yarhouse’s work essential for understanding “the problem of gender dysphoria in all its devastating complexities.” While acknowledging the book “is not as strong… in framing the question biblically and theologically,” Zaspel deems it “a well-written, powerfully engaging, important contribution.” He concludes, “No pastor in our culture can afford to lack understanding on this question” to “shape our counsel and temper our preaching.”