‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration (NY Times uses quotes)

DNC vetted then released by the NY Times ^ | 10-21-18

[NoLibZone]

The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a governmentwide effort to roll back recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights law.

A series of decisions by the Obama administration loosened the legal concept of gender in federal programs, including in education and health care, recognizing gender largely as an individual’s choice and not determined by the sex assigned at birth. The policy prompted fights over bathrooms, dormitories, single-sex programs and other arenas where gender was once seen as a simple concept. Conservatives, especially evangelical Christians, were incensed.

Now the Department of Health and Human Services is spearheading an effort to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive government financial assistance, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.

The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” The agency’s proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with, according to a draft reviewed by The Times. Any dispute about one’s sex would have to be clarified using genetic testing.

[jimfree]

It is past time for this action. Transgender is only removed from trans-dragon by degree, both suggesting a bit of reconstruction and some prosthesis, while the latter might also beg a fuel supply and an ignition source. While I will not interfere in the private fantasy of another, I will not be made to promote or celebrate the behavior.

[Svartalfiar]

Biological Science tells us there is but two genders.

Does it really? When I went through school, Biology didn't say anything about gender. The only places I learned genders was in Spanish and French classes.

[Liz]

.......the Obama administration loosened the legal concept of gender in federal education and health care programs, recognizing gender largely as an individual’s choice and not determined by the sex assigned at birth. The policy prompted fights over bathrooms, dormitories, single-sex programs and other arenas where gender was once seen as a simple concept........

Obama strikes a-g-a-i-n. The guy is a walking disaster.

"And remember when I said, 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan'?"