I have been pleasantly surprised not once, but twice, today by “gender” related news! That’s a record, so I’m sharing. First, HuffPo is covering a story about a boy who got in trouble for wearing make-up to school. See here for more. How stupid is that, right? Sex stereotyping alert! Let the boy wear make-up already! But the […]
It was recently announced that the Oregon Health Plan, which provides healthcare coverage to low-income residents of Oregon, will cover “medical care” for “transgender” children starting October 1, 2014. [1] The official text of the Oregon Health Plan guideline reads: “Hormone treatment is included on this line only for use in delaying the onset of […]
The proposed Fairness for All Marylanders Act 2013 (SB0449)[i] symbolizes important legal protections for gender non-conforming individuals. The bill proposes to do this by amending the current Humans Relations laws to include prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of “gender identity.” Unfortunately, the bill is not well-written. The proposed definition of “gender identity” allows individuals to […]
Skepticism as a specific pursuit is the questioning attitude toward opinions or beliefs that are stated as facts. In other words, skeptics do not take people’s opinions and beliefs as fact; they use science and verifiable and reproducible research as their guides for what is “true” and “real.” Science has shown in many ways that the […]
[Ok, ok, it was more than a week. PART 1 is here. Pdf of the entire essay is here. In Oregon, the Insurance Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (division) recently issued a comprehensive bulletin (INS 2012-01) about health insurance coverage of medical treatments for gender identity/gender dysphoria (GI/GD) (see discussion of meaning […]
Sex discrimination demands particular kinds of behavior from one sex, but prohibits the same behavior from the other sex.[i] For example, wearing dresses is ok, but only for females; engaging in sexual relations with females is ok, but only for males. Legal prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses the social policing of both homosexuality[ii] and sex-role (or gender) […]
[Edited] News sources are reporting that the Nepalese government will begin recognizing a “third gender” on its citizenship certificates: Transgender citizens in Nepal will no longer have to describe themselves as male or female on their national identity cards under a new government regulation, an official said on Wednesday. Bhola Siwakoti, a senior official in […]
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