At the weekend, a group of trans women protested topless at the Scottish Parliament about the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Equality Act defines women as "biological women". The police couldn't arrest them, because to arrest them for showing their breasts would be to define them as women (it's not illegal for men to be topless). And, of course, the right-wing press that reported on it censored their breasts, thereby making their point for them.
@brucelawson But unless they do genetic testing on every person declaring themselves to be a different gender from what their genitalia might indicate, nobody can possibly know whether they’re “biological women” or not. If people are concerned about different genders competing in the same sports, I believe their worries are misplaced. Why not create classes of competition based on levels of testosterone rather than gender? It’s more complex; but so are humans.
@BrendaAnna @brucelawson Genetic testing costs money. But it's not needed here because trans is defined as having a gender different from the sex assigned at birth. So when a baby is born, they look at it and decide what it is and put it on the birth certificate. If someone has a different gender from what they decided at that time, they are trans.
@duco @brucelawson I agree that it would be absurd to do genetic tests on people who are Transgender. Ideally, we would all just take their word for it. Unfortunately, there are currently a lot of ignorant people who are not willing to see beyond the 2 gender status quo. Given positions of power, these people will make considerable efforts to ensure Trans people are not acknowledged.
@BrendaAnna @brucelawson most trans people fit into the 2 gender status quo, though. They are men or women.
But I agree that there are people fighting trans and other queer people. There is still a lot of fighting for trans rights needed.
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