HHS Issues Narrower Definitions of Sex, Sparking Criticism from Legal and Health Experts

[blaze master]

12 hours ago, Walker88 said:

While I find it silly HHS has to take this up as one of its first "duties", my lib credentials solidify in a spot close to the center on the entire trans debate.

 

I have compassion for folks born feeling they were in the wrong body with the wrong gear, and I think it no more a "mental illness" as one's height. It is simply how that individual developed. Nobody asked for it, at least until lately.

 

While I have no official data to back up my particular belief, I would guess that the number of humans who genuinely feel they were born in the wrong body is extremely small, likely less than 1%, and maybe even a fraction of that. Give those folks their dignity and basic human respect. And by all means anyone willing to volunteer to serve the country should be allowed that desire.

 

A few years ago, however, trans seems to have become a fad. Suddenly lots of people had 'doubts' about their gender. I suspect some parents, wishing to gain social clout or "likes" even encouraged their kids to have doubts, so that Mom could gain sympathy among her group of friends. To then impose hormones or surgery upon a child, I think is reprehensible. Growing up, hitting puberty, etc., has forever been accompanied by confusion, but time has historically taken care of that as children moved into adulthood. Those still confused by their mind-body dilemma once reaching the age of consent can then make their own choice, if they wish to become what they believe they are inside.

 

All that being said, I think HHS should gear itself toward more important issues, such as the obesity epidemic, preparation for the next inevitable pandemic, drug addiction, etc. Gender would have sorted itself out over time as the fad faded.

 

I wish you would comment more like this. No nasty name calling or hatred. Just a well thought out reply.

 

Great comment. 

[blaze master]

14 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Wow is Trump outlawing them? 

 

I do not think you know what you are talking about.

 

Doesn't stop them from making these kind of strange claims.

 

 

[connda]

Welcome to the end of "woke."

[dinsdale]

20 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm angry that the fascists are kicking out all transgender people from the military. They are all volunteers who were willing to serve their country and the government spent a lot of money training them.  So now they're being erased for purely ideological reasons. Disgusting and unfair!

With maga, cruelty (and ignorance) is the point.

You know the more you use the term fascist the less relevant it becomes. It's now simply the mantra of the woke left, the same woke left that imposed radical woke ideology onto society. This from Trump is pushback and reflects a majority not minority view.

[merck]

In all the hundreds of thousands of years humans have existed there was never any confusion over male and female identity. Until the last few years that is, when it all changed and for reasons that were never explained to us, all previous thinking was incorrect and you could suddenly self-identify as anything you wanted along with an additional 72 genders.

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, merck said:

In all the hundreds of thousands of years humans have existed there was never any confusion over male and female identity. Until the last few years that is, when it all changed and for reasons that were never explained to us, all previous thinking was incorrect and you could suddenly self-identify as anything you wanted along with an additional 72 genders.

You're wrong.

[Peabody]

14 minutes ago, merck said:

In all the hundreds of thousands of years humans have existed there was never any confusion over male and female identity.

Did someone whisper Greece? Or did I hear Rome?