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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non-binary is not trans.[/quote]

Counterpoint: Yes it is.

Trans is an umbrella term for anyone whose gender presentation does not match their sex assigned at birth. Page was assigned female at birth but they don't identify as such now. Hence, trans. [/quote]

Assigned? God, I feel old. [/quote]

Yes, assigned. That’s the verbiage these days and while I didn’t quite get it at first either, now I see why that description makes sense. Once upon a time, we used phrasing of “changing” gender, or how one used to be this gender and is now a different gender. Trans folks told us all along they didn’t “use” to be the other gender. To put it another way: it’s no longer “sex change operation” but “gender confirmation surgery”. They were that “new” gender all along. Also, that verbiage decouples one’s genitals with gender for two reasons: 1) they don’t align and 2) a trans person’s genitals are no one’s business (although that always seems to be the first question on someone’s mind).

So, yes, the right way to think about it is one’s gender assigned at birth. Your gender assigned birth (by doctors and parents) usually matches the person’s gender when they’re older but not always, and that verbiage allows for that. Hence, assigned male at birth or assigned female at birth.  [/quote]

So the doctor who assigns a child as female because the baby has ovaries and is pumping out estrogen and is already carrying a lifetime's worth of eggs is just confused...[/quote]

I think you’re confused Jan. PP was just explaining what “assigned” meant. [/quote]

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