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[-] knokelmaat@beehaw.org 21 points 1 day ago

I would prefer it if gender was just left out of official documents and policies, and rules would just focus on medical situations. This would leave space for everyone to be who they are while still allowing for specific care for people who menstruate, get pregnant, have a prostate etc.

We don't have separate rules or bathrooms for people who wear glasses or are redheads, but somehow this archaic binary distinction is so ingrained in our society that people feel the need to categorize them in almost every domain of our lives.

I say this as a cis man so if my opinion sounds stupid I am willing to learn. I do have some close trans friends and what I feel is that they just want to be allowed to be themselves. Like, their search and discovery of their identity is of course super important to them, but at the same time they are just people. I discuss them now because of the topic, but in my head they are no different from any other person I know. Just let people be themselves and don't force boxes where they aren't needed.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 13 points 1 day ago

just focus on medical situations

Well, there is this "transgender lunacy"... bet he wants to "cure" people.

Let's remember some reasons used in the past to cure people:

[-] knokelmaat@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

I don't mean focus on medical situations as a wildcard to just practice any sort of (pseudo) medicine on people. It's about rights being given, not taken away.

The reason I mentioned this, is that the erasure of gender from official status might have as a side effect that rights related to gender (for example pregnancy leave) have to be defined in a way that doesn't link it to gender. By no means do I want some sort of medical laws or such that force things upon people, it's more about rights linked to a person's medical conditions.

In that sense, I see having a penis, or a uterus, or something else as just one of the medical characteristics of a person, just as for example their blood sugar, eyesight or mental state. Rights and care should be based on that, and not on a F/M on an official document.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

All logical and fair... but you can already see the POTUS calling it a "lunacy". That defines it as a state of mental impairment, which leads to restricted personal liberties, and is just a step away from forced "therapies".

Gender agnosticism should've been codified a long time ago, but it wasn't, and now they're planning on codifying the opposite.

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