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by aaaja 10mo ago
No I'm just clarifying what it means legally for someone to have been issued with a GRC.
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by aaaja 10mo ago
So is looking unusual in some undefined way is what "visibly non-binary" means? I genuinely do not have any reference point for this description, and certainly couldn't tell if someone is or isn't based on looks. My male
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by aaaja 10mo ago
Yes it's all so tawdry. Even the one that isn't stickers but an etching, and looks somewhat visually pleasing compared to the others, has a cringe message.
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by aaaja 10mo ago
This site seems kind of pointless. There are no examples of the product's output or any demonstration of how it compares with other film scanners.
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by aaaja 10mo ago
Your previous comments upthread moved the discussion on to what a GRC means in legal terms.
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by aaaja 10mo ago
> visibly non-binary What does this mean? At my workplace, one of my male colleagues calls himself "non-binary" and has "(they/them)" in his email signature. He looks like any other man to me. As far as I can tel
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by aaaja 10mo ago
Socially it depends on how well they manage to disguise themselves as male. Being visibly pregnant is a very obvious indicator that a woman who is attempting to present herself as a man is not actually a man.
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by aaaja 10mo ago
This applies very narrowly. A GRC allows "acquired gender" to replace sex when sex is ascertained by birth certificate, which is only done in limited circumstances. This is distinct, in law, from actually being that sex.
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by aaaja 1y ago
I don't think you'll get anywhere arguing with these people, especially the ones who've bought into this cult to the extent that they've transed their own children. They have to convince themselves they've done the
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by aaaja 1y ago
This is a fun little game, thanks for sharing.
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by aaaja 1y ago
Agreed. Now that web access is so readily available, it's about time online service providers started taking more responsibility for what they publish and who can access it. That short-lived era of the Internet being only for tech-savv
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by aaaja 1y ago
World Athletics' policymakers are well aware of this, and it is addressed in the article where it discusses eligibility for the female category: "Biological males who have Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome and therefore ha
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by aaaja 1y ago
It's because there's not many of them eligible to compete at this level. Fortunately, there is a pipeline of restrictions in place so hardly any of these males filter through. Firstly, there is the eligibility criteria to compete
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by aaaja 1y ago
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, all three medalists in the women's 800m were male athletes with male physiological advantage. None of the three has, or had, a transgender identity. Fundamentally, this issue isn't about trans. The pro
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by aaaja 1y ago
Some of the most interesting organisms can be found in these sort of extreme environments. Not really related to the article, but I'm really fond of this one, found in salt pools, for its beautiful and unique morphology: https:/&
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by aaaja 1y ago
Sex is binary in the sense that the two sexes, female and male, refer to the two halves of a system of anisogamous sexual reproduction. Sexual dimorphism in gonochoric species is a different type of thing to this.
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by aaaja 1y ago
That weightlifter came last due to a disqualification for improper technique, not because of being unable to lift the weight. If you look at previous performances by that same weightlifter in earlier competitions, although these were medioc
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by aaaja 1y ago
You can compare the world records of female athletes and male athletes in almost every sport and see that really this is an empirical observation. To use one of your examples: Michael Phelps has at this point had his records beaten by a num
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by aaaja 1y ago
This is why sports governing bodies who take a fair view on this have policies that exclude only athletes with male physiological advantage from the female category, rather than the broader group of those with male genetic markers. Which st
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by aaaja 1y ago
This is such excruciating incompetence by the app developers I'm wondering if it was intentional. Done to punish the women who dared to speak up about vile men. I just hope they can pursue legal action for this, whether it was a delibe
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by aaaja 1y ago
Yes and often with pornography it involves the abuse of women and girls, and depicting this as a positive action. It's probably not the main reason why payment processors are banning and restricting purchases, but it should be.
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by aaaja 1y ago
For Women Scotland wasn't the start of the opposition to gender identity policy in the UK. It was founded, by four women who met on Mumsnet, specifically to address policy in Scotland. Feminist women opposed to the Tory government&#x2
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by aaaja 1y ago
> trans rights. These are entirely imported issues from US religious hangups. No, in the UK it was left-wing feminists who led the opposition to gender identity policies long before any conservatives got involved, on the basis of this be
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by aaaja 1y ago
The internet is not blocked by age. Any child with a laptop or phone, or any other device that can connect to a wifi hotspot, can access it. Do you refuse to watch age-restricted films in the cinema because the owner of the cinema might hav
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by aaaja 1y ago
Proving one's age is required for many other activities that are considered unsuitable for children, such as purchasing alcohol and drugs, and watching age-restricted films in the cinema. Of course this means that any adult, when chall
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by aaaja 1y ago
This is a barrier put in place so that children are less likely to casually access these sites while they're browsing around. As an adult, no-one is forcing you to view pornographic websites. If you don't want to provide your ID a
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by aaaja 1y ago
Not sure what you find objectionable about my use of language. I thought I was being very clear. Point is that the female category in sports is constructed around female bodies, not identities. The category exists because if it didn't,
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by aaaja 1y ago
That executive order is for the benefit of female athletes who have been disadvantaged and adversely affected by male-inclusion policy. The order is not "anti-trans". Its purpose is to restore fairness and improve safety in women&
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by aaaja 1y ago
Did you talk to any Saudi women about this?
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by aaaja 1y ago
> Outside academia, our findings highlight how culturally embedded norms and gender-based expectations shape aesthetic judgments and influence societal perceptions. > We propose that these biases stem from cultural norms linking femin

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