Gender is such an immutable, natural binary that we have to enforce it with the full power of the state. - ThreadSky

epopppp.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Gender is such an immutable, natural binary that we have to enforce it with the full power of the state.

NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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annedougherty.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think I was 13 when I told my mother is someone's beliefs can't stand up to questions about those beliefs they must not be very strong

cv-danes.com•14 days ago

I have to believe part of dropping this shit on Fridays is to make people start to dread Fridays.

zombiegomoan.bsky.social•14 days ago

It's a common PR move to drop news late on Fridays as an attempt at making press-worthy stories lose steam over the weekend

cv-danes.com•14 days ago

But also, at this scale to get people dreading Fridays.

mariannecooper.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yeah. It’s kinda odd how we have to work so hard to achieve something so clearly natural. What’s up with that? 🤦‍♀️

epopppp.bsky.social•13 days ago

Like society wasn't already doing enough of it

synnd.bsky.social•14 days ago

Do your research. Even DNA studies prove this to be untrue!

epopppp.bsky.social•14 days ago

I guess I mean "sex", though, since gender doesn't actually exist

katiecannon.bsky.social•14 days ago

Weird how folks that have penis at 12 syndrome have to decide how they want to identify

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Gender exists as a social construct. And is not set even historically. Greeks, Roman’s, Native American tribes, and other cultures have not recognized more than two genders

westonmarkham.bsky.social•14 days ago

You do realize it's a bit, right? And I think you meant that these cultures have recognized more.

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Writing while dog walking. You are correct they have recognized more.

synnd.bsky.social•14 days ago

You might want to do further research. Everything you said here is false. Look into it

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Indigenous cultures:
Two-Spirit People (Indigenous North America) – A third-gender role with spiritual significance.
Hijras (South Asia) – A recognized non-binary or third gender category.
Fa’afafine (Polynesia, Samoa) – Individuals assigned male at birth who take on female gender roles.

synnd.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes to all of this!!!

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Greek and Roman societies viewed gender through social function
Plato Suggested that gender roles were not absolute and could be fluid
Roman Law: Assigned legal and social roles based on gender, but there were cases of gender nonconformity (e.g., Emperor Elagabalus' preference for female identity).

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Renaissance thinkers (1400s–1600s): Began questioning rigid gender roles, particularly in literature (e.g., Shakespeare often explored gender ambiguity).

ethelc.bsky.social•14 days ago

Matthew 19:10-12 mentions Eunuchs.
Also, (based on a quick google search) the Talmud guides children of God to acknowledge and embrace transgender and intersex individuals.
Christian nationalists be adding man-made rules and brainwashing people into thinking they are God’s words.

angistallings.bsky.social•14 days ago

That is the question I have... How will all of this affect intersex people? It's not as though they choose to be intersex. And you know most of these people are just too dim-witted to grasp the difference between biological sex and gender.

ethelc.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is true. And also, it’s not common practice to look at folk’s chromosomes, but honestly, we don’t know what is going on with people’s hormones and chromosomes. It’s not the public’s business. Transgender and intersex people deserve to thrive as much as anyone else.

angistallings.bsky.social•13 days ago

Completely agree. We are still in the infancy of genetic study and, even if we knew everything about it, it is still only half the story.

tgoet.bsky.social•14 days ago

Edit: have recognized.

laliotta.bsky.social•14 days ago

Apparently they don’t talk to scientists

karhey.bsky.social•14 days ago

WE - US - TOGETHER can stop the erasure of people who deserve to live their lives with their own identities. Fight their hate campaigns.

roblyn-crawford.bsky.social•14 days ago

Ah, sarcasm

jnovkov.bsky.social•14 days ago

I really believe that on this issue, too many people do not understand the repressive and terrifying implications of implementation.

jnovkov.bsky.social•14 days ago

"I want to protect women's sports!" So you are OK with a parent on the opposing middle school soccer team lodging a complaint that your short-haired daughter is actually a boy and must submit proof of gender?

jnovkov.bsky.social•14 days ago

And for rules that say her pediatrician's confirmation isn't enough but that her genitals must be examined by a neutral factfinder? It also enrages me that many of the most vocal people demanding the trans ban in NCAA to Save Our Girls couldn't name a single female NCAA at gunpoint.

epopppp.bsky.social•14 days ago

Perhaps implementation will start to change people's minds

vsapiro.bsky.social•14 days ago

They don't get the irony. Largely because cruelty and feeding the ignorant is the point.

clover023.bsky.social•14 days ago

What are they so scared of? I don’t get it.

allisharkens.bsky.social•14 days ago

If gender isn't immutable and "men" are "choosing" to be women without being mentally ill, that means that men aren't inherently better than women. If that's not true, the entire system their worldview (and power) is built on crumbles.

karhey.bsky.social•14 days ago

They are not afraid. It is a smaller group of people that can be targeted for their hate campaign. Each success helps build strength for their next target.

clover023.bsky.social•14 days ago

The way they’re going they’ll run out of target groups. So much hatred.

katieromich.bsky.social•12 days ago

lol

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