Summary

Representative Sarah McBride, the first out trans congresswoman, criticized Donald Trump’s executive order defining gender as strictly male or female.

McBride points out that biologically all embryos develop as female until the SRY gene activates weeks after conception.

The order, which ties gender to reproductive cells at conception, unintentionally categorizes all humans as female from conception based on biological facts.

McBride’s remarks highlight scientific flaws in the policy.

  • IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org
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    5 months ago

    Trumps EO states that sex is no longer determined by chromosomes and is now done by reproductive organs. Someone please correct me if im wrong.

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        4 months ago

        My charitable reading is that Donald has transitioned 175million people against their will. He should be ban from going near any school we don’t want him trying to forceably transition more people.

      • Emerald@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Maybe one could argue that sex doesn’t produce reproductive organs, the sex organs do?