Republicans are seeking to define ‘sex’ in federal law. But after centuries of debate, doctors, scientists and judges haven’t come to a clear consensus on what the definition of sex should be.

OP Opinion: I don’t like the article title.

TLDR: What does focusing on DNA have to do with bathrooms? An academic & too polite “use your brains dumb asses”

Samantha Rosenthal is Associate Professor of History at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, and Visiting Assistant Professor of American History at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She is the author of two books, most recently Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City. She is co-founder of the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project, a nationally recognized queer public history initiative. Her work has received recognition from the National Council on Public History, the Oral History Association, the Committee on LGBT History, the American Society for Environmental History, and the Working Class Studies Association.

  • @Windex007
    5•9 days ago

    It’s such a clear example of politicised science.

    Creating a system of biological categorization for living organisms? Sweet. That’s just science.

    Using that system to justify hurting people? Oof.

    This is, and always has been, a people problem. It has nothing to do with science.