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[–]Shesstealthy 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

OK. Maybe the science has changed. I'll accept that. And that sex not being binary is behind the assertion that TWAW etc and pushes for medical affirmation etc. It's about the hidden nonbinaryness of their biosex.

I have a question. How many trans people have a medically discernibly different sex to that observed at birth? After all if that is the reason then this information should be available.

They did better by themselves by sticking with identity rather than sex.tbh.

[–]MarkTwainiac[S] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just to be clear: the science has NOT changed. Humans still reproduce sexually, as we have done since our species first came into into existence. The fossil record shows that sexual reproduction has been "a thing" for 1.2 billion years. To make a new human life today, as ever in the past, two different gametes are still required: female (egg) + male (sperm). There is no reproduction with only one or the other.

The whole "sex is a spectrum" crap comes from intentional efforts to misconstrue & inaccurately portray what is known about the extremely rare medical conditions known as differences/disorders of sex development (DSDs) in humans. At this point in history, these conditions are actually well described in medical literature, and they are well understood. DSDs are variations within/of the male & female sex; they do not constitute new sexes. The existence of DSDs offers further proof that sex is binary; it does not refute the binary.

There have always been vast variations in sex characteristics amongst males & females. Male dick size varies enormously; some men have hairy bodies, some not; some men have male-pattern baldness, some not. Some men have strongly "masculine" faces & builds; many have less so, & some men have "feminine" looking faces & lithe bodies. And vice versa for females. But none of this means anyone is less male or female. Nor does it change the fact that for humans to reproduce, a male gamete and a female gamete are required - each & every time, no exception.