Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth
Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth
Nebraska's governor has signed an executive order directing state agencies to use narrow definitions of a person's sex. Republican Gov.
Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.
The order notably does not use the term “transgender,” although it appears directed at limiting transgender access to certain public spaces. It orders state agencies to define “female” and “male” as a person’s sex assigned at birth.
“It is common sense that men do not belong in women’s only spaces,” Pillen said in a statement. “As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women’s athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women’s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.”
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Intersex is a thing.
Very rare, though.
There are more intersex people in the US than trans people.
Most advocacy groups estimate that 1.7% percent of people are born intersex — the equivalent of about 5.6 million U.S. residents
Polling by KFF and The Washington Post shows that there are nearly 2 million people nationwide who identify as transgender or trans, representing less than 1% of all adults
Source: https://apnews.com/article/how-many-transgender-intersex-laws-0218b75a197f07d8c51620bb73495d55
What percent of the population do you think is trans? Genuinely curious.
Oops, just saw the other reply. The one you ignored and didn't respond to. Has a source and everything.
Your "argument" here is bullshit, because intersex is less rare than trans. But you'd never know that based on the current political conversation, would you?
So?
So it doesn't apply to the vast majority of people affected by anti-trans legislation.
Ah yes, just like Martin Niemöller's poem:
First they came the trans people, and that was totally okay because there was less of them, so it never affected me.
Uhh... no.
And why does that matter?
Because the vast majority of people affected by anti-trans legislation aren't intersex.
Most people aren't trans, but anti-trans legislation still affects them. It doesn't really matter who it affects more, because it is meant as a culture war, but also as a hate tactic to bully people. How do you check that someone is transgender? You really can't. You could claim they are dressing a certain way that doesn't match. You could claim they look like they have more of a hormonal type. You could claim they are acting a way that doesn't match their assigned gender at birth.
But that's the point. You can pick and choose who to apply this to.
You're just stating a seemingly irrelevant fact.