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@polaritonio @ToomanyFreddys @boreddeleuzian Sex is more discrete than blood types. You can play this game w every natural category. Thanks to evolution there are anomalies, branches, occasional outliers that survive. If you study hematology, exceptions exist. But sex is how categories reproduce, so anomalies dont survive

@jammach I'm female & never called myself a terf - "back in my day" :) it was an insult,like being called a feminazi. Can a guy be a feminazi? Is what the question feels like to me... I see myself as a gender critical, embodiment feminist. I'm not anti trans, it just makes no sense

@Roaringliger1 @Gzalzi No, not really, bc sometimes other "stuff" is just as difficult to manage. They may have mental health issues. Or undiagnosed mental issues. Or yet to be scientifically understood issues. Or personal, physical, neurological, emotional, or other issues. You don't know.

@hriengaalkn As standard, responses refuse to discuss. Hormones are a mask too, usually not effective enough w/o cosmetic work, but the point is: you're demanding a reaction instead of accepting disagreement.

@hriengaalkn The issue is, everyone has to be free to talk openly, share ideas & beliefs. Plastic surgery is being given a lot of power. People ask to look different, & we allow ID cards to say they were always different. It's a mask. Maybe one you really want, but we want to talk about it.

@Roaringliger1 @Gzalzi Do you not get you're making assumptions right now, about me along w everyone else? I don't know what you deal w, but you don't know what I or anyone else deals w either. Talents, capacities, traits, circumstances differ. Effort's on you.

@Roaringliger1 @Gzalzi you have no idea how many diagnoses people responding to you have been, could be or would be given. But once, they weren't even diagnoses, just personal traits. Yes, it's harder for some of us to keep track of things, to various degrees. Not "crippling". Everyone's got stuff.

@meowingabyss Disability is for rare things like DS or amputations. Not recognizing people, remembering stuff, organizing yr life, being on time- are ordinary human deficiencies. Some people have a knack, some people try harder, but messing up isn't a disability. It's a mistake.

@boreddeleuzian @RosesAreRed108 what on earth do you think you are asking? Why segregate dangerous bodies from less dangerous ones? Uh, bc they're dangerous? Why segregate sharks from the swimmers? Why segregate the wolves from the sheep? Why segregate the foxes from the henhouse.... I do not get your question

@ShayWoulahan People are weird, have bad days, are self-haters & all sorts of things but it's not consistent. It'd never be 100% if you did a scientific test for years, whatever the payoff. Some people wld be better, others worse - & some wld get better over time bc they worked on it.

@stephenRB4 The dutch call them "sinaasappels" which is like "persian apples" - which means if you want the juice it's "sinaasappelsap"..

@kit_sionn_witch This attitude of absolute labels is so silly. There are all variations of habits, tendencies, states of mind among people, & also changes over a life. It's fairly normal to have trouble or need to put in extra effort to be on time. It's a personal trait not a disease

@KDc0m3h0m3 @SaltPretzels427 yeah well, that's the answer. I consistently forget things, & learned to write them down. I learned to do the "look behind you" check every time I get up. I learned to think "phone wallet keys" every time I leave. Develop habits, set alarms, change patterns.

@FalconsQuill @FakeTaxedBrass Can you get fired for not having a PhD? Or not being able to play the drums? Only if it's pertinent to the job. If having seizures doesn't interfere w the job or is usually controlled, it won't be an issue. If it's making you unable to meet requirements, it's not discrimination

@FalconsQuill @FakeTaxedBrass This is getting in Harrison Bergeron territory. People don't automatically deserve the same jobs. You have to meet the requirements of a position. Perhaps you'll need to look for a better fit. Those who can't manage any work sometimes have to live on subsidy.

@NoDMsorTrains @JasonJournoDC @AmericaBeckyb The ones in NYC fifty years ago very specifically had a variety, though. They had the leather daddies AND the gay republicans. There were many sections of the parade, plenty that seemed like pretty ordinary people. The message was, everyone's welcome.

@MSK_the_writer @MsCarriggofreal Not long ago, most insisted no one could confuse sex & gender. Trans was a gender identity, but sex (biology) was distinct. Now more & more insist trans women are female-sexed. So what makes you trans, if you have female biology? Can a rooster or bull be trans?

@AGallagherAlly Mental health issues are difficult to diagnose & can be over-diagnosed. They certainly should not be self-diagnosed. And medication before adulthood or surgical intervention - like lobotomy! - is risky. Behavioral & practical solutions should be pursued first.

@misandristenby @filmbysophia By what criteria? As in, how can they be differentiated from men..

@Millicent379864 @bluewmist This one's like a backwards aha for me. I don't think I knew people peeled potatoes unless it was for mashing them, and carrots ... maybe if they're really old & dirty and you just can't much out of 'em anymore? But fresh carrots, who would peel those!