The doctors who treat us dropped the phrase in 2017. Now it’s in a Senate hearing, a CBS standards memo, and a Democratic Senate campaign. The accurate word was there the whole time.
It is mostly about humiliation from the right, not medical or scientific accuracy. But it is a useful shibboleth to know if someone is actually serious about trans issues or not.
It's used, mostly internationally I think, to remind us of what we hate most about ourselves (our male biology), which is cruel, and to signal that the person using the phrase will always see us as men.
It is accurate though. I'm guessing 99% of trans women have XY chromosomes and a body that produced small gametes. We are not intersex nor do we suffer from endocrine disorders that make our sex difficult to determine (the cases the endocrine society is referring to).
We've changed our hormonal profile and some secondary sex characteristics but a cheek swab is still going to reveal our natal sex. Medically, it's important that our doctors know both our biological sex and our gender.
The reason I detest the phrase "biological male" is because gender identity is an innate aspect of the brain. And what is more biological than the brain? Biologically, my brain is female and always has been female.
It is mostly about humiliation from the right, not medical or scientific accuracy. But it is a useful shibboleth to know if someone is actually serious about trans issues or not.
It's used, mostly internationally I think, to remind us of what we hate most about ourselves (our male biology), which is cruel, and to signal that the person using the phrase will always see us as men.
It is accurate though. I'm guessing 99% of trans women have XY chromosomes and a body that produced small gametes. We are not intersex nor do we suffer from endocrine disorders that make our sex difficult to determine (the cases the endocrine society is referring to).
We've changed our hormonal profile and some secondary sex characteristics but a cheek swab is still going to reveal our natal sex. Medically, it's important that our doctors know both our biological sex and our gender.
The reason I detest the phrase "biological male" is because gender identity is an innate aspect of the brain. And what is more biological than the brain? Biologically, my brain is female and always has been female.