The Problem with Christians

[pocaracas]

Not sure what this has to do with what we were talking about....but ok...

I agree that such rules on the malicious intent of speech are against the generally upheld free speech, defended by the international bill of human rights... I'd be curious to see what happens if someone contests that in NY.

In order to uphold a penalty like that, you would have to rewrite all the biology books concerning the definition of gender. How could you fine someone 250k for insisting that the science books are correct and that people with gender dysphoria are incorrect? If the folks here are serious about science, how could they not view the re-defining of gender as completely unscientific?

That's not what the penalty is about.
It's about doing it with a malicious intent.
I disagree that such a rule/law need to be in place, but gender dysphoria is a neurological, hence genetic, feature.
I find it very plausible that the gonad gender expression can be at odds with the neurological gender expression... I didn't look, but I'd wager that there are some credible studies on this discrepancy.

Given the difficulty in rearranging neurons and the availability of gender changing surgery, I don't see why that shouldn't be an option.

And, once the deed is done, the person shares both mental and physical genders.
I understand that this is not a feature found on the great majority of people, and that is why most people have an icky attitude towards it, but do try not to be disrespectful of those whose genes are at odds in certain places.