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‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration

nytimes.com

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Re: ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration

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> The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” The agency’s proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with

This seems entirely reasonable. I'm okay with this.

Re: ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration

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> The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” The agency’s proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with This seems entirely reasonable. I'm okay wi…

As long as gender change confers the same rights, a disambiguation is welcome in medical and scientific communities. Too bad both sides seem to be spinning this hard.