Gender has only recently, in the last 10 years roughly, had it's definition altered to encompass the idea of a social construct. Historically it has been used exclusively to delineate male or female.
Biology is absolutely NOT any more expansive on the subject. Biologically, like it or not, there male and there is female. That piece of the puzzle is not fluid.
Doctors have only ever performed surgeries on intersex babies at birth if they thought it required for survival. They don't just operate on babies for fun. This particular comment actually sickened me. The idea of comparing a potentially life saving procedure for a baby to a choice made by a grown adult is quite a reach. And to follow it up with satire is even more sickening. I couldn't imagine having to make a decision like that and come home to my wife and kids and look at them at the end of the day wondering if I made the correct decision for someone else's baby.
For someone preaching inclusivity, shame on you for that.
There is a trans agenda. The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. I.e. Just because we haven't found a definitive answer as to what that agenda is, doesn't mean it's not there. The fact that there is so much discourse over the subject and something that affects so few people is such a massive topic only reinforces the evidence of that.
I don't give a fuck what you identify as. I don't give a fuck what you want to be called or what you want to look like. Assuming you're an adult, you should be able to make your own choices so long as they don't affect those around you. Whether I agree with those choices or not. I don't agree with adults going to their 9-5 day in and day out all the whole pissing and moaning about how awful their lives are. In fact, my answer to those people tends to be, "shut the fuck up and do something about it." At the end of the day, each and every one of us has to live with the choices we make. Change your physical appearance or don't, better yourselves or don't. Because no one gives a shit about you more than you.
not all trans people need surgery to feel alignment with their gender.nostr:nevent1qqsfxhehljljva8xshqumj5xm20zjaqwem7cej2uknc5vx0m98nk8psprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuumhd9ehxtt9de5kwmtp9e3ksq3qf6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4ksxpqqqqqqzga5mkt
gender is a social construct.
boys to this, girls do that etc. boys look like this, girls look like that. it has always been the case in english that people will gender someone...by guessing their pronouns based on appearance, thank you sir/maam etc.
telling someone your pronouns or posting them in a bio is expressing a personal descriptor...similar to telling them your name. people wear nametags at work so people know how to address them. it is a descriptor of a person's identity. plain and simple.
transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people have been here since the beginning of time. the separation of groups comes from ignorance, religion, or just old fashioned transphobia and homophobia.
biology is far more expansive than black and white, this or that...the sex is a boy or girl.
take intersex people (people born with ambiguous genetalia) for example. those on this spectrum are about as common as people with red hair.
"Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural variations that affect genitals, gonads, hormones, chromosomes or reproductive organs. Sometimes these characteristics are visible at birth, sometimes they appear at puberty, and sometimes they are not physically apparent at all."
historically, doctors have assigned intersex babies a gender at birth and performed mutilation surgeries based on appearance and size.
"The Phall-O-Meter is a satirical representation of the way that clinicians have historically determined whether visibly intersex children should be assigned female (and subjected to feminising surgeries) or assigned male (and subjected to masculinising surgeries). It was created by the Intersex Society of North America, based on research by Susan Kessler (1998):
In general, medical standards do not allow clitorises larger than .9 centimeters (about 3/8 of an inch). … [An image showing ranges of medically acceptable infant clitoral and penile lengths reveals] that intermediate area of phallic length than neither females nor males are permitted to have."
pronouns are not to make people do anything. it is a basic courtesy to avoid guessing, embarrassment.
there is no trans agenda. that's a psyop.
i encourage you to not believe the "hype" and do your own research into biology, gender and social dynamics. and for bonus points, political persuasion and manipulation tactics along with social engineering.
the idea is, there can be no 'us' to rally around unless there's a 'them' to demonize.
have a good one