Trump rolls back trans and gender-identity rights and takes aim at DEI
Trump rolls back trans and gender-identity rights and takes aim at DEI
President instructs US government to remove ‘radical gender ideology guidance’ and review diversity programs
President instructs US government to remove ‘radical gender ideology guidance’ and review diversity programs
I agree with Trump on this. To me there are two genders and always have been. Being trans is normal but there are still just two genders, and people can identify with one of them.
Intersex people exist. Sex is not just genitals. Sex is not just reproductive organs. Sex is not just chromosomes. Sex is complicated and messy. Sex is not binary in any way that it can be defined. (Trump's executive order denies all of this, intentionally.)
Sex is not synonymous with gender in today's language.
Gender is a social construct. Gender is how we see ourselves and what we show to the world. Gender is also complicated and messy and not binary.
But really, his intent with this executive order is to erase legal recognition of trans people. Many trans people will no longer be able to have their proper sex on their passports and other legal documentation. This opens the doors to massive discrimination -- and violence -- against trans people in all aspects of society.
Trans people will be left without proper identification, without equal access to employment or housing, further reduction in freedom of movement between the states, and further reduction in freedom to travel abroad without being outed. Trans people will face increased discrimination, harassment, and violence.
This is the intention of today's EO.
I implore you to rethink your position on this subject.
I believe that for trans people, it's complicated with both the definition of sex and gender. But I don't think it's complicated for other people.
I think it's very bad to ask young children at the age of four what gender they want to be. All of this is creating so much insecurity and confusion it's not even funny anymore. I believe you when you say both gender and sex are really complicated, but I think that is not the case for non-trans people. It's nothing we think about even.
To me, it seems like everyone now is really confused and scared and don't know what gender is, or what sex is. I have lots of colleagues who are afraid to even talk about gender, because they don't want to be insensitive. And absolutely no joking about it. People are afraid.
I don't think that's how it should be in a society. I have nothing against trans but I really don't like this enormous fear, or the fact that children are forced to think about gender and sex when they should be children and just enjoy life.
Why are ordinary people afraid now to speak their minds about this? You can look at the downvotes these posts are getting to understand why. I tried understanding the other side of this, but I just get hate from the trans people every time.
As someone who is non binary fuck you.
The most I'm probably willing to agree with is that it is a spectrum with two ends, but people may identify somewhere along that spectrum, in the middle, at multiple parts of the spectrum, all of the spectrum, or even none at all.