On Monday, Trump tried to redefine “male” and “female” by fiat. I spoke to @kateclancy.bsky.social about the bad science, and Kellan Baker and Kulsoom Ijaz about what it means for trans & pregnant people. @whitmanwalker.bsky.social @pregnancyjust.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

msjpauly.bsky.social • 39 days ago

On Monday, Trump tried to redefine “male” and “female” by fiat. I spoke to @kateclancy.bsky.social about the bad science, and Kellan Baker and Kulsoom Ijaz about what it means for trans & pregnant people.

@whitmanwalker.bsky.social @pregnancyjust.bsky.social

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

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ogjojo.bsky.social•39 days ago

The proclamation about it on https://WH.gov reads like a bizarre primer like "See Jane Run."

soritacea.bsky.social•39 days ago

Great article! Thanks! I’m always looking for nuanced ways to discuss these topics with my Intro Bio students

thewakan.bsky.social•39 days ago

thinkingurl.bsky.social•39 days ago

You know part of what I think is happening is they are telling the orange nightmare to do and say all these things to keep their base engaged and focused on all their triggers. Then they don't lose their support when they start digging into the stuff that matters to their base.

seniorlife2.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://www.threads.net/@amyhawk9/post/DFLQS6eP26C?xmt=AQGzoZv6mqLFebwiQmfCWHWRDwRwUszQNezwT3htS7DB7A

trulybbrown.bsky.social•39 days ago

And put "personhood" in those definitions, "at conception".

joanied716.bsky.social•39 days ago

📌

janes2024.bsky.social•39 days ago

Wow. You can’t even say the word women? Women and girls are affected by the abortion bans, whether they are pregnant or not. The Dobbs decision was based on sex not gender identity.

playitkoifish.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is the guy I am worried about as a Trump Cabinet pick. He helped write Project 2025 and is an extreme religious white Nationalist who will ban ALL abortion rights not to mention LGBTQ rights. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-russell-vought-testifies-at-senate-confirmation-hearing-for-omb-director-day-2?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_WnVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdj9tylhe5pXj217qdpfpNoOy84KOcROgnKPzlDYixzGUxInBHQdCn-b3A_aem_ACBbEIgzXL7VOOV_zlgbrw

janine-h.bsky.social•39 days ago

He is an IDIOT and a deranged orange felon!

fierywenchnh.bsky.social•39 days ago

That's stupid MF just made himself the first female president of the United States 🤣

westonmarkham.bsky.social•35 days ago

I don't think that's right. It sounds like it is trying to describe the production of gametes, (haploid cells) which definitely didn't happen until much later than conception. That's even if we suppose that legal personhood applied. No person is male or female according to this.

westonmarkham.bsky.social•35 days ago

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-executive-order-all-humans-female/

fierywenchnh.bsky.social•34 days ago

Fair enough

fierywenchnh.bsky.social•34 days ago

That's technically true. But it made me laugh to call him the first female president of the US. Can I refer to they/them as the first intersex/nonbinary president?

westonmarkham.bsky.social•34 days ago

Yes. Absolutely. No notes.

fierywenchnh.bsky.social•34 days ago

🤣

jb3po.bsky.social•39 days ago

Technically, he defined everyone as female 😂

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