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Fucking atrocious. Anti-trans people are literally causing the thing they don’t want to happen that wasn’t happening, but worse.
7 upvotes, 8 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Fucking atrocious. Anti-trans people are literally causing the thing they don’t want to happen that wasn’t happening, but worse."
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Anonymous 3w

TDLR: The budget would limit new birth certificates to be labeled either Male or Female. The author takes a huge logical leap in assuming this will lead to unwanted surgeries.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

It already does, there’s plenty of cases of intersex people being “corrected” after birth

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Anonymous replying to -> smithereen 3w

Theres zero evidence that the budget would increase the number of such cases.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Are you unfamiliar with the concept of inference?

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Anonymous replying to -> smithereen 3w

It’s a terrible inference, and it’s insane to publish an entire article based on it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

People are mutilated at birth to fit the gender binary. It is not surprising that making it a stricter binary would create more issues for intersex people.

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Anonymous replying to -> smithereen 3w

There is zero reason to believe a word on a piece of paper would change the decisions of parents and doctors.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

…that’s absolutism, my friend. many parents and medical professionals make decisions based on the words said by authority figures. many people do—that’s how authority works

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