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Sure, another source then: https://www.vox.com/2015/2/20/8078979/pope-francis-trans-rig... I just cannot reconcile the idea of personhood being valuable with reducing humans to mere biology.
Humans are not "reduced" to biology. Their biology is presumed to "reveal" something about their personhood. And no matter how they feel about their hair, their hips, their eyes, etc. they ought to receive them as a gift from God and enter into a dialog with Him about how they ought to make use of the gifts He has given them.
By the same token, God gives us dysphoria as a way of encouraging us to use those gifts as He intends. God made us trans people to be trans. The entire process of transition is a creative one. As much as anything else, gender dysphoria is an invitation to shape your humanity, to take some small part in the creation of your self. It is "in His image" to shape humanity, especially one's own.