"God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them"; 115 He blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply"; 116 "When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." 117
Catechism number 2333
Everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity. Physical, moral, and spiritual difference and complementarity are oriented toward the goods of marriage and the flourishing of family life. the harmony of the couple and of society depends in part on the way in which the complementarity, needs, and mutual support between the sexes are lived out.