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Apple, Amazon, Google and More Than 50 Other Companies Sign Letter Against Trump Administration's Proposed Gender Definition Changes (cnbc.com)
Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, and dozens of other tech companies have come together to condemn discrimination against transgender people in the face of actions President Donald Trump is reportedly considering to reduce their legal protections. From a report: The move is a response to an Oct. 21 New York Times report that the Trump administration is considering limiting the definition of gender to birth genitalia. "Sex means a person's status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth," the Department of Health and Human Services proposed in a memo obtained by the Times. If legislation were to move forward, it would jeopardize legal protections for an estimated 1.4 million Americans who identify as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth, the Times said.
The statement from the companies, which have nearly 4.8 million employees, said diversity and inclusion are good for business. "Transgender people are our beloved family members and friends, and our valued team members," the statement said. "What harms transgender people harms our companies."
The statement from the companies, which have nearly 4.8 million employees, said diversity and inclusion are good for business. "Transgender people are our beloved family members and friends, and our valued team members," the statement said. "What harms transgender people harms our companies."
Why not stop changing the world around to accommodate tiny, tiny minorities who don't try to accommodate the rest of us?
regular guys know the difference between boys and girls.
Regular guys believe and are very sure that they know the difference, just like they are sure about many other things they have no clue about. It's called ignorance and yes, this is a common feature of the so-called regular guy.
"When I first heard Daydream Nation it quite frankly scared the living shit out of me." -- Matthew Stearns
Got to feed the Evangelicals their Hatred of the Year meat. It's the only way to get them to vote.
So this is how science dies, with thunderous condemnations.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
Here's a concrete, undeniable example of how gender is a social construct.
Today pink is considered a feminine colour. Girl's toys are pink, boy's toys are not. However, around a century ago that was not the case. Blue was considered a soft feminine colour and pink was for boys. Baby clothes for boys were pink, blue for girls.
That change is purely social. The time frame is too short for evolution or biological changes to account for it.
It is helpful to have words to describe these things, hence the use of sex for biology and gender for the social aspects. It was an academic thing at first, not some nefarious scheme.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC