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A trans person is a person whose gender identity differs from their assigned gender at birth.
A set of social labels among humans, traditionally associated with sexual binaries - though defined socially rather than biologically.
The gender label a person associates themselves with or identifies as, or the means in which they personally relate to the social concept of gender.
Traditionally means a quality of moving between two states. Our dear friends on the Non-Right Wing have helpfully expanded the senses of the word. In terms of gender, "Trans" now can be used to cover the entire gender spectrum. In a sense, the logical progression will be that we are ALL on the Trans spectrum.
How a person perceives the intersection of several issues, such as sexuality, masculinity and femininity. This is purely self-identification and therefore socially constructed. This is why identity is so important. You self-identify as a ground squirrel, I back up and support your deeply meaningful self-identification, thereby providing proof of gender being a social construct. That is why the reaction is so swift and furious when one does not support this strong and brave thinking. The negative thinking directly attacks the narrative and so has to be shut down to preserve the narrative.
Is the outward expression of however one relates to their gender. This can be misunderstood as being somewhat superficial expressions like hair, makeup and other gender stereotypes, giving the idea that gender expression is just campy performance art. It is not superficial, but rather, deeply meaningful as folks begin to look at their gender in every way imaginable.
I didn't say doctors did it, I just said it is assigned at birth. Their sex is identified, and then they are treated socially as belonging to the gender category that is assumed to match their sex. I.E: because they have a penis, they are referred to with male pronouns and are expected to be given a male name, etc..
We assign gender, we don't assign sex. I explicitly stated twice that we assign GENDER. We IDENTIFY sex, I.E "the child has a penis". I thought that was fairly clear.
We've participated in some of the same threads on these topics. You should know by now that the details matter!
If I may, @ImmortalFlame Why do folks insist on using the word "assign". The term is not accurate. Could you perhaps shed some light on why the usage of this word is appropriate that I'm simply missing?
I'm answering your questions. If details matter, then pay attention to the details of the answers I have given, and you'll find your follow-up questions have already been answered.
You're not following me, because I never said that. They can be both. We refer to "male and female" as social and biological categories.
In what way are you differentiating left wing from liberal?
Yes it is. We see a child has a certain biological makeup or appearance, and we assign their gender based on the assumption it will match their sex. We don't call our children "boys" and give them male names and pronouns because of the child's preference. It's assigned to them.
Thanks for the clarification.
Um, in a conventional sense? Perhaps you are being too subtle for me though.
Conservatives don't typically bother making such a distinction. I assume you mean the bottom left vs. upper left quadrants of the political compass? That, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus. It's often not consistent or even coherent. I've actually been called "rightwing" because I'm not anti-capitalist. I've also been called a "socialist" because I don't believe that everything should be privatized and for-profit, and for believing that workers, consumers, and the environment should be protected.
Forgive me for "brooking the trend".
So, you are a reasonable person. M'kay. So far, so good.
You're almost as bad as I am for getting fixated on a specific word.
(I mean that in a good way.)
Naturally, the more educated and informed someone is, the more likely they are to lean left.
There are reasons for that, but we can leave that for another day.Naturally, the more educated and informed someone is, the more likely they are to lean left.
I missed this thread during travels and subsequent battling with covid but sex assignment is also a thing. The identifying of specifically genitals and then assigning a legal sex designation by a doctor at birth. It's not based on chromosomal sex though, only a fallible visual assessment of gonadal sex.
Male/female sex (as opposed to man/woman gender), AMAB and AFAB, cis gender and/or nonbinary x with y studied focus is in circulation now.