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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April (www.theguardian.com)

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The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do not make incorrect assumptions. I’m talking about when trans individuals are referred to in general and no intersex people do not fall neatly within 2 boxes.

Stop defending Nazis. Get your head out of your ass.

The terms “biological male” and “biological female” have no universal medical definition. Some may use it interchangeably with phrases like “sex assigned at birth,” but ultimately, it reinforces the patently false notion that there are two binary and immutable sexes, and that there are always clear cut distinctions between them. In other words, this verbiage is not only demeaning to trans people; reporters never seem to describe cisgender people as “identifying” as male or female. Even more than that, this language is deeply unscientific.

“Extensive research confirms that sex and gender are complex and cannot be reduced to simplistic “biological” categories. Using these phrases [’biological male’ and ‘biological female’] to target trans people is not a matter of accuracy but of animus — language wielded to stigmatize and deny transgender and nonbinary people’s right to live openly and safely,” GLAAD’s Guide to Anti-LGBTQ Online Hate and Disinformation explains.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-calling-trans-women-biological