I still don't understand what business the government has defining sex. How is that in any way the government's job?? If anything, it could be up to medical organizations, such as the AMA, if they had sound arguments. But, the government? I really try to at least understand everyone's logic even if I don't agree with them, but this is just so insane. I don't get it.
That’s because there is no logic, the people that want the government to define sex have a purely emotional reaction to the very existence of trans people… and most things that don’t align with their narrow life experience and worldview
Not that I agree with what is happening but they are defining it in legal terms, which is absolutely their job. A simple example might be killing someone is just killing someone, and the government defines what is murder and what is manslaughter.
Just a reminder if you are worried about your children being ogled by trans people in the "wrong" restroom: There are ten gays for every one trans person, so the likelihood of being ogled by people in the "right restroom" should be ten times higher. The solution is not to police who uses what restroom, but to design restrooms that don't allow for ogling!
I swear, the only proof of a grand gay conspiracy I've ever found is the bathtub urinal. Walls, people, real walls, not plywood separators that have gaps between the doors and opening on the bottom.
Also don't for a second think that they aren't coming for gay and lesbian people next.
That, and like, don't flatter yourself (person who is afraid of getting hit on by a hypothetical gay guy in a bathroom). Most people, the vast majority, look like 20 lbs of birdshit.
There's better places to date and get asked out anyways, like a gay bar, or at a fun climbing gym. If you do get asked out (which won't happen), take it as a compliment for not looking like hell and move on. xD
Can't wait for them to remember that trans men exist. There's going to be a lot of shocked Pikachu Republicans when men who look like men show up in "women's spaces" because they're being forced to.
Wish I could be a fly on the wall to see that fucking awesome scenario.
And trans women are going to get harassed or worse for complying with this law. Fuck all this so much.
Seriously, trans folks, you don't deserve this bullshit and I hate that your existence is the controversy of the moment for Republicans. Be well and take care of yourselves <3.
I recall an article about that exact thing happening - a trans man had to use a women's restroom because of the local red policy over his birth cert saying female.
People saw a man enter a woman's restroom, and proceeded to beat the shit out of him.
It's a feature, not a bug.
Don't ever forget that for republicans, cruelty is the goal.
It's designed to put trans people in an impossible position. Use the bathroom you want to and get brutalized by the cops, or use the bathroom you're legally required to use and get brutalized by private citizens while the cops look the other way.
It's also gonna suck for any cis women accused of being trans, and subject to invasive "verification"
I remember reading an article of this exact situation happening
It's not gonna be fun at all because it will involve trans men being threatened and assaulted.
there's gonna be a lot of ~~shocked Pikachu~~violent Republicans
Of fucking course. The law equally prevents the rich and poor from sleeping under bridges.
Does this mean that if there's a clerical error and your baby's birth certificate lists the wrong sex, it's illegal to get it corrected?
sMaLl GoVeRnMeNt
They just want it small enough to fit in your underwear.
This reads a lot like the Indiana Pi Bill. Granted, that one never passed, but it's a pretty old story: politicians think they know better than experts.
And now that our Supreme Court has thrown Chevron Deference out the window, that old story may have a different, much worse, ending.
Look at how they just forced the EPA to stop protecting over 60% of wetlands in the US. Look at what they're doing with the FDA and mifepristone.
Bad times ahead.
"assigned"? How can it be assigned when it's a natural state of being? That's like saying the kids also get assigned hair color or eye color at birth.
They're trying to co-opt language "assigned at birth" is a trans phrase
Funny thing, both of those can change too. I was blond when I was a kid, now my hair is brown, and when I'm old it'll be gray.
Because it's not always one or the other. Sex and gender are far more complicated than just X or Y.
Maybe someday, someone will successfully describe the difference between sex and gender to a conservative.
It's not about being successful. They don't want to know.
How is it that the US is moving backwards? I am struggling to understand this...
Death throes of a vacuous ideology.
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