How would you respond to the statement "Trans women are biologically male" ? (literature.cafe)

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(I'm just trying to learn. No hidden mockery in this and this is no gotcha bs aimed at t women. I'm NOT transphobic. Just saw this in a debate and wanted to know other people's thoughts)

I just want to know:

Is this factually correct?
If it is, does it matter? Why or why not?
How would you logically respond to this?
How does this statement not contradict with Trans Women are Women

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[-] pineapple@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

(My opinion)

Yes it is factually correct, but it's not an argument
maybe matters (what bathroom do they use I have no idea)
I would say they are correct but it doesn't prove anything about trans people being invalid (trans people are valid af, having the courage to change your gender is something I couldn't imagine)
There is a difference between gender and sex. Sex is your biology, gender is what you identify as. Your sex can be male while your gender being female.

I want to be clear I'm not queer this is just what I have learnt in school (crazy our school actually teaches us about this), I could be wrong.

[-] Karl@literature.cafe 3 points 5 days ago

crazy our school actually teaches us about this

W school

this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026

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