Sometimes I'm surprised that acts like these don't incite violence against the responsible politician.

For someone who had their existance threatened it could be possible to frame it as an advanced form of self defense. Of course not everyone would see it that way, but I'm thinking it would be likely that at least some people come to that conclusion.

The use of the word 'radical' by these Republicans is grimly interesting and perverse, since I associate this mammalian definition of gender with a subset of radical feminism (the RF in TERF). They presented the idea as liberating (in the sense that since your gender has already been singly defined by your reproductive role, everything else - e.g. your name / job / hobbies / how you present yourself - was irrelevant, and no-one should be able to use any of those to question your gender). I very much doubt that these measures by US politicians will ultimately be liberating for anyone though, since trans people are just the first on a list. (It's not like no-one warned the 'gender critical' gang about who they were cosying up to)

Reminds me of Utah 'defining' Pluto as a planet when it 'passes over' their state. Utterly silly.

What concerns me, though, is whether they would try to use this as a stepping stone toward defining legal identification of trans people's correct gender as fraud. It seems unlikely to have an impact in states where trans folks actually have legal protections, but I could see it being used against us in states where we don't.

Marshall’s bill is unlikely to pass as Democrats still control the Senate. But introducing the bill now could be a sign that he plans to introduce it next session when Republicans will control the chamber.

they are so obsessed with finding out what's in your pants, they will make a law to force you to tell them. But what else can you expect from the party represented by rapists and child abusers...

Of course that definition makes no scientifical sense. Tf do they mean "supposed to"? We aren't supposed to do jack shit. And how do you tell which one an intersex person is supposed to be lmao? Because they have female genetalia, they should carry eggs, but what if they're XY? Does that mean they're supposed to carry sperm?

Can the legislature just decide to define basket balls as all round objects inflated with air? Does that make soccer a basketball sport?

Like I honestly don't even know what the goal of this bill is other than showing off being a bigot to tge other bigots...