Beyond X&Y

Great thread summarizing a fantastic resource! Thanks to the GenderSci Lab team for their hard work creating this

This is great but I would add a big reason GCs are stuck on gametes is they spent ages hopping from trait to trait ("it's genitals! No? Okay, XX/XY!! No? Okay it's...") and gametes are the square they were on when they found themselves at the end of the board without further spaces to retreat to.

MAP 1| States with the most Catholic hospital beds Percentage of staffed acute care hospital beds that are in Catholic facilities ranging from 20-46%

Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.

WSU Suspends Hate Group's Medical Courses; Coalition Says Make It Permanent The fallout comes after Erin in the Morning reported that WSU extended medical credentials to content from SEGM—an SPLC-branded hate group.

1. After reporting on Washington State University's approval of continuing medical education credits for anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group SEGM, WSU has suspended the courses.

Now, hundreds of emails and dozens of orgs say they need to make it permanent.

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"biological pronouns" is an insane phrase

How do you even respond to something as nonsensical at this?

Would thousands of biology PhDs explaining "there is no such thing as 'biological pronouns'" even get through to these judges?

It all feels too absurd to even counter

Great thread

Colin Wright needs to be vociferously denounced by the entire scientific community

Despite his lack of expertise in this subject, he is shamefully using his PhD to spread unscientific anti-trans propaganda

We need cis scientists to speak up in dissent NOW before things get worse

Hey #medsky it’s time to stand up for trans rights. The option to be “non political” is gone when the basic practice of medicine is under attack from one party.

This will literally kill children

And pave the way for a national ban for adults as well

We need hospitals, doctors, and researchers to take a stand for basic scientific and medical ethics NOW

Transphobia hurts everyone by enforcing binaries that aren't rooted in biology

Their understanding of sex hasn't progressed past an infantile "women have boobies, men don't"

Gender affirming care saves lives by alieviating anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. It has the same scientific support as any other medical procedure

Framing it as "mutilation" is nothing more than propaganda. They want to turn working class people against each other while they starve them

The only mutilation that's happening is rich tech elites carving up this country for their own gain

Trans people didn't take your SNAP benefits. Billionaires did.

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're a transgenic mouse who just lost their research funding?

and i wanna reiterate that many bills about trans care explicity EXCEPT actual mutilation (involuntary and unnecessary surgeries on intersex kids) from the bans.

they know they're lying about being against mutilation

It's not the doctors who are the problem - it's a fascist government and corrupt health insurance companies

Transphobia hurts everyone by enforcing binaries that aren't rooted in biology

The only mutilation that's happening is rich tech elites carving up this country for their own gain

Trans people didn't take your SNAP benefits. Billionaires did.

Gender affirming care saves lives by alieviating anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. It has the same scientific support as any other medical procedure

Framing it as "mutilation" is nothing more than propaganda. They want to turn working class people against each other while they starve them

Well, at least this gives us a thorough list of unscientific claims to debunk... 🙃

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're a transgenic mouse who just lost their research funding?

We are compiling a list of scientific societies with public statements denouncing bioessentialist claims that sex and gender are strict binaries

If your organization has publicly shown support for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, please let us know!

Below is a thread of statements:

The #ASHG25 feedback survey was just emailed out

For question #6, please request more sessions around equity, advocacy, policy, and ethics

Specifically mention combating modern eugenics movements targeting transgender, intersex, and disabled people

Thank you for your allyship 🙏🏳️‍⚧️

Great thread summarizing the "Genes, Traits, and Identities: Navigating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Research" session at #ASHG25.

No, we're defending it 🧬

National Society of Genetic Counselors:

"People may have variations of sex characteristics that do not exclusively align in a male and female sex binary."

www.nsgc.org/POLICY/Posit...

Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics:

"As geneticists, we know that the language of hereditary is highly gendered and heteronormative. As educators, we know that we can help the next generation of providers [...] not limit itself to these frameworks."

tinyurl.com/Aphmg-trans

Thank you!!

American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Am As of Anthro Genetics, Dental Anthro As, Paleopathology As, PaleoAnthro Society, Am Anthro As & Human Biology As:

"We oppose legislation that is rooted in and maintains rigid binary conceptions of sex and gender"

bioanth.org/about/aaba-s...