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Yeah, I did read something on that while I was picking through the citations. Idk if it's a "cure" so much as there is scripture to justify the ethical treatment of hermaphrodites and that this informs their views on transgender treatment favorably. This leads to the presumption that being gay is just an internal manifestation of being transgender, and therefore you can square the circle of scripture (pro-hermaphrodite, anti-sodomy) by asserting an individual in a gay relationship is simply an unwitting hermaphrodite who needs to present and conform with the proper gender.

In some ways, it reminds me of the virginity fetish in traditional cis-het Christian relationships that result on young people experimenting with every conceivable way of getting off that doesn't involve breaking the hymen. People fighting so hard to adhere to the letter of the law that they abandon the intent.

Its further worth considering the treatment of different genders within orthodox Islamic faith. Trans-masc individuals enjoy a kind of social promotion into the higher rung of Islamic life, while Trans-fem individuals have to surrender their male privilege as a consequence of transitioning. Transgenderism isn't just a "cure for homosexuality" but a cure/curse of the entire transitioned gender.

So... real "it's complicated" energy.