Defining a person’s sex identity using decontextualized “facts” is unscientific and dehumanizing.
The purpose of this article is to show the masses that are uniformed on trans struggles that they are indeed a person, and should not be demonized for how they identify.
Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia
While this article is very opinionated, the author gives many facts and citations that prove that her side tends to be the correct definition, however it is important to remember that this type of article is not doing to true justice of the other side of the argument. The other side may not be truly represented in this opinionated article.
While this is a small overview, the science is clear and conclusive: sex is not binary, transgender people are real.
This is a claim of value.
So, no matter what a pundit, politician or internet troll may say, trans people are an indispensable part of our living reality.
The authors audience in this article is clear as she tries to educate the masses through the misinformation given by people trying to demonize the trans community and weaponize this hate.
June 13, 2019
This article was written during pride month which is historically known to incur a lot of hate for the LGBTQ community.
The real world consequences are stacking up: the trans military ban, bathroom bills, and removal of workplace and medical discrimination protections, a 41-51 percent suicide attempt rate and targeted fatal violence . It’s not just internet trolling anymore.
The author's purpose in writing this article is clearly laid out in the opening portion of this document. We can see that her main motivation is to uplift that trans community while educating the masses on the trans struggle due to the everlasting backlash that the trans community gets.
By Simón(e) D Sun
Simon(e) d sun is a trans doctoral candidate in the Tsien Lab at New York University's Neuroscience Institute. She has dedicated life to being a writer that focuses on gender studies.
The irony in all this is that these “protectors of enlightenment” are guilty of the very behavior this phrase derides. Though often dismissed as just a fringe internet movement, they espouse unscientific claims that have infected our politics and culture. Especially alarming is that these “intellectual” assertions are used by nonscientists to claim a scientific basis for the dehumanization of trans people. The real world consequences are stacking up: the trans military ban, bathroom bills, and removal of workplace and medical discrimination protections, a 41-51 percent suicide attempt rate and targeted fatal violence . It’s not just internet trolling anymore.Contrary to popular belief, scientific research helps us better understand the unique and real transgender experience. Specifically, through three subjects: (1) genetics, (2) neurobiology and (3) endocrinology. So, hold onto your parts, whatever they may be. It’s time for “the talk.”
This text is about the use of scientific research to understand the unique and real trans experience using genetics, neurobiology, and endocrinology. Its main message is that the trans experience is far more complicated than many dehumanizing articles make it out to be.