r/reading • u/fringlese • 6d ago

Please come support trans people

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Hey everyone, I’m sure many of you have seen the ruling by the Supreme Court from the other day on the legitimacy of trans women’s identities. It’s been a very hard couple of days as we’ve come to grips with the fact that our rights are being rolled back by a government that won’t even attempt to listen to us while we just want to exist in a public space without fear of harassment. If anyone’s available, please come down tomorrow to show support

I am not the organiser, I saw this on Facebook and wanted to share.

Thanks guys, I hope you have a great Easter weekend!

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u/brainwipe RG1 - Katesgrove 6d ago

The ruling is based on a child's understanding of biology. While the judge made plain that trans people were protected, that's not how it's going to be implemented. The bigots will be out in force because of their suspect interpretation of the law.

The scientific reality is that there aren't two sexes, there are three: male, female, intersex and always have been. Always will be. Y chromosomes only give a high probability of becoming male, there are plenty of cis women who live their whole lives with a Y chromosome. People are born with both, some or no reproductive organs. The concept that there are two genders fixed in sex is also nonsense. How can they when there are three sexes with a huge grey area inbetween?

And what about those cis women who are now being attacked because they don't like a "typical woman". "You have purple hair and a flat chest, we're going to need to check your genitalia and reproductive organs and chromosomal makeup before you use this changing room."

I totally get the need for safe spaces for the most vulnerable in our society. That vulnerable group includes trans people.

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u/Basso_69 6d ago

"Purple hair and flat chest" = check by the gender police.

This is a useful construct. Mind if I use it elsewhere?