[Serious] That Trans Thread

[Fake Messiah]

Robert Foster, a Mississippi Republican businessman who ran for governor in 2019, says he wants supporters of transgender rights "to be lined up against (a) wall before a firing squad to be sent to an early judgment."

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/222...ical-foes/

[Neo-Scholastic]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

[brewer]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

Nope, that's not her job.

[karmaify]

In light of recent discussions on the forum, and in light of the broader societal conversations going on in the country right now, I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate a thread to gender identity affirmation and trans-affirming news. I’ll go first:


“Colorado now requires private health insurance plans to cover gender-affirming care for trans people like facial bone remodeling and hormone therapy.”

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/14/104614032...ealth-insu

  You would have to be pretty queer (as in strange, not gay) to think that anything besides affirmation of anything is allowed anywhere.  But I'll give it a try anyway.  I hear much of transgender guys turning themselves into girls (as if it could really be done) and wanting to compete in female sports.  But I don't hear much about transgender girls turning themselves into guys and wanting to compete in mens sports.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

She shouldn’t even have been asked the question.

Boru

[Angrboda]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

That's what arguments are for. It's no more the place of a supreme court justice, or any justice for that matter, to stake out a position on a controversial subject ahead of the matter coming before them. From what I recall other judges have declined to state how they would rule on abortion or religious freedom. I see this as no different. My only problem with it is that framing her deferral as she did was not particularly artful given how well she addressed other controversial subjects.

[TaraJo]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

Are we using transgender rights as a specific litmus test for justices? Like, I’m glad she isn’t obviously transphobic but let’s be real here: take Justice Thomas, keep all his judicial beliefs and just make him not-transphobic and he’s still a piece of shit; just not a piece of shit that is specifically hostile to me.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

It has nothing to do with fitness for the job and was an empty attempt at a gotcha so the rightwing media would sound clip to feed their rabidly transphobic audience. Partisan hackery at its finest.

[Rev. Rye]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

She shouldn’t even have been asked the question.

Boru

If it was a year ago, they'd probably be asking about Dr. Seuss and whether it's an injustice that a handful of his books (ones that are B-tier Seuss at best) are going out of print.

Also worth noting, even a biologist probably couldn't do the question justice.

Even the question of "what is a female" is actually shockingly complicated. Rebecca Jordan-Young (gender studies professor AND biologist who’s written books about testosterone) pointed out that "There are at least six different biological markers of “sex” in the body: genitals, chromosomes, gonads, internal reproductive structures, hormone ratios and secondary sex characteristics. None of the six is strictly dichotomous, and the different markers don’t always align." And that's just the biological factors of sex. Gender being a social construct that's related, but not necessarily identical, to biological sex makes the question of "what is a woman" even hairier.

Granted, in humans, they're usually in enough accord that it's not too hard to identify one, but usually doesn't mean always.

[Jehanne]

Does anyone have any opinion about the supreme court nominee declining to define the word woman because she's not a biologist?

Part I

A H. sapiens individual could be defined as a woman in terms of her biological sex (intersex individuals being more complex) or in terms of her gender (transgender females, such as myself). In my opinion, the former often, but not exclusively, shapes the latter. Some females are very masculine, others are very feminine. Most men are masculine, some strongly sole; others, such as myself, a small minority, are feminine. And, so, what's the issue here?

Part II

Now, for the explicit part; perhaps you, as a social conservative (or, at least as a sympathizer of those who are) can help me out?

My wife and I have five children, all of whom were conceived while I was on my back. For some reason, I lost the ability to ejaculate sometime during my later teenage years. I had only had sex with two women on a few occasions (with great difficulty -- see below), and after meeting a woman in college, I discovered that I had become impotent. Our first and only sexual encounter did not go well; I did not get a boner, and I did not ejaculate; she ditched me shortly thereafter.

Beginning around age 5 I had started "crossdressing", wearing my mother's skirts and dresses; later on, my sister's clothes, girlfriend's, etc. It never occurred to me that I may be transgender. In any case, after Darcey ditched me, I entered a period of extended loneliness.

Finally, I met another woman, whom I would marry. We, of course, tried having sex; same result as with Darcey. She did not ditch me, though, but after a few failed attempts, we tried having sex with me on my back. I got a boner and was able to ejaculate. It's been that way ever since! I tried, unsuccessfully, going back to a more "traditional" role a few times in the early years of our marriage (to try to "please" my wife), but, eventually, we both decided that such is just "who" I am.

To make a long story much shorter, I began to discover my feminine side over time and began to become more feminine. At this time I am openly transgender and even wear skirts to my office in full view of my coworkers, usually, on a weekly basis.

And, so, what's the issue here? I have never been happier!