Movement for Third Gender Option 'Exploding' in U.S.

nbcnews.com ^ | 12/15/16 | Mary Emily O'Hara

[ColdOne]

When Oregon resident Jamie Shupe quietly walked into a Portland, Oregon, courthouse this June and received permission to change their gender from female to "non-binary," they did so without the assistance of any nonprofit or national transgender advocacy group.

Shupe's successful legal change to a third gender stunned the national LGBTQ community; many intersex and gender nonconforming people had dreamed of someday being able to opt out of "male" and "female" gender designations, but no one thought it could be done so easily.

In the six months since Shupe became the first legally non-binary U.S. citizen, the amount of people petitioning courts for third gender designations has increased exponentially. Some were born intersex (with female and male sex characteristics), while others identify on a spectrum of gender that doesn't fit neatly into either of the categories currently available on identity documents.

[yldstrk]

laughing

[Jim Robinson]

What happened to settled science?

[yldstrk]

oooooooooooooooooh scawyyyyyyyyyyyy

[FreedomPoster]

BAM! There it is.

[SauronOfMordor]

It will never stop. Once they win one, they move onto the next demand.

[BenLurkin]

If the doors opened and that was on the elevator — I wouldn’t get on.

[FreedomPoster]

That last is why 2A is so important. I’m not getting on that bus.

[DoughtyOne]

Didn’t see any numbers provided.

Evidently the explosion can’t be verified.

This is just one more example of an attempt to create total chaos in this nation, and globally.

[Bob]

Does he have a mouse in his pocket?

For shame -- how politically incorrect of you!!

Does he it have a mouse in his its pocket?

[libh8er]

Always knew the concept of gender would be under attack from the left because there are built in ‘inequalities’ that cannot be accepted.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Yawn...who cares? “

Oh don’t go there; everyone here should know better.

You realize what the impacts of this would be?
Federal regulations for bathrooms; what is taught to 1st grade kids; what you can be sued for as a business, hiring mandates, etc etc etc etc etc.....

[vladimir998]

“When Oregon resident Jamie Shupe ...their gender...they did ....”

There’s no “their” there. Jamie Shupe is either a MALE or a FEMALE. Even if Jamie Shupe has C.A.I.S. (Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome) there’s still no “they” there. Shupe is ONE person. “They” reflects a plural! Shupe is a “he” or “she”.

[yldstrk]

Here’s the thing, you can’t force the people who can still think critically to care

[GregoTX]

3rd gender? Worse case of science deniers I have ever heard.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"Instead of saying 'I am non-binary' and having others respond 'That's nonsense,' I'll be able to say 'I am non-binary according to the People of the State of California.'"

That's nonsense on stilts.

[M Kehoe]

Hey, let’s go with “It.”

Takes care of everything.

5.56mm

[faithhopecharity]

1.male
2.female
3.obama

[Menehune56]

All I can say is these sick freaks are extremely inconsiderate of other people. Why are they being encouraged to impose their mental illness on everyone else?

[Viking2002]

I think this is a great idea. Now we can truly, realistically tell these proto-mutants to go f*ck themselves!!!

[Grimmy]

It only seems to be an explosion of acceptance because precious lives in an echo chamber.