Here's a TED talk from a nonbinary person. She really gets the point across on
how gender is a spectrum and not black and white or male and female. She has
internal balls, a vagina, and no uterus. She has XY chromosomes, male. But she
is definitely a she.
If you haven't seen this it's worth a look. (15 min)
As always when I find information like this I refer back to my
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It is a fraught area and those who insist that people have to be either male or female are emphatically wrong - and cruel in my eyes.
Sue - Do you think she got her point across to the granite heads in the audience?
Years ago it would be scandalous to talk about this topic. I'm glad that's not the case anymore.
Kathy - Totally agree.
Thanks for sharing, Mike. I agree with Kathy G that it is good that we can talk about these days but we still have a long ways to go.
Matt - The 'only male/female' people drive me nuts these days. Life is a spectrum.
Thanks Mike!
Cloudia - I'm sure you've counseled your share over the years.
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