"biological pronouns" is an insane phrase

Great thread Colin Wright needs to be vociferously denounced by the entire scientific community Despite his lack of expertise in this subject, he is shamefully using his PhD to spread unscientific anti-trans propaganda We need cis scientists to speak up in dissent NOW before things get worse

Hey #medsky it’s time to stand up for trans rights. The option to be “non political” is gone when the basic practice of medicine is under attack from one party.

This will literally kill children And pave the way for a national ban for adults as well We need hospitals, doctors, and researchers to take a stand for basic scientific and medical ethics NOW

Transphobia hurts everyone by enforcing binaries that aren't rooted in biology

Gender affirming care saves lives by alieviating anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. It has the same scientific support as any other medical procedure Framing it as "mutilation" is nothing more than propaganda. They want to turn working class people against each other while they starve them

The only mutilation that's happening is rich tech elites carving up this country for their own gain Trans people didn't take your SNAP benefits. Billionaires did.

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're a transgenic mouse who just lost their research funding?

and i wanna reiterate that many bills about trans care explicity EXCEPT actual mutilation (involuntary and unnecessary surgeries on intersex kids) from the bans. they know they're lying about being against mutilation

Transphobia hurts everyone by enforcing binaries that aren't rooted in biology

Gender affirming care saves lives by alieviating anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. It has the same scientific support as any other medical procedure Framing it as "mutilation" is nothing more than propaganda. They want to turn working class people against each other while they starve them

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're a transgenic mouse who just lost their research funding?

We are compiling a list of scientific societies with public statements denouncing bioessentialist claims that sex and gender are strict binaries If your organization has publicly shown support for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, please let us know! Below is a thread of statements:

The #ASHG25 feedback survey was just emailed out For question #6, please request more sessions around equity, advocacy, policy, and ethics Specifically mention combating modern eugenics movements targeting transgender, intersex, and disabled people Thank you for your allyship 🙏🏳️‍⚧️

Great thread summarizing the "Genes, Traits, and Identities: Navigating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Research" session at #ASHG25.

this is good, share and get your organization to write such a statement:

We are compiling a list of scientific societies with public statements denouncing bioessentialist claims that sex and gender are strict binaries If your organization has publicly shown support for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, please let us know! Below is a thread of statements:

It's been a while since I shouted about these pins but they're all still available. I hear they make great gifts for the doctors in your life 😉

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No government or person can erase trans and intersex people from existence by stating that "biological sex" is a strict binary We will continue to be born because we are a natural part of human biodiversity #NoKings #TransRightsAreHumanRights

No government or person can erase trans and intersex people from existence by stating that "biological sex" is a strict binary We will continue to be born because we are a natural part of human biodiversity #NoKings #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Educational materials will come later this year (our volunteers are tired queer scientists with day jobs). Let us know if you'd like to help somehow! You can also leave feedback to #ASHG25 that you'd like to see more vocal public defense of trans people from the org, and support equity programming

Thank you to everyone at #ASHG25 who showed your support for our advocacy campaign to defend trans rights with science 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 You can help by spreading the word to LGBTQ+ people and allies in genomics (or adjacent fields). We're also on Instagram, and have a mailing list at: beyondxandy.org

glad to see this "study" is being debunked, but I want to point out the double bind at work behind the scenes here: for years, anti-trans activists pointed to any increases as signs of "social contagion" (read: these kids aren't "really trans"). but then, if or when the numbers ever go down...

Thank you to everyone at #ASHG25 who showed your support for our advocacy campaign to defend trans rights with science 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 You can help by spreading the word to LGBTQ+ people and allies in genomics (or adjacent fields). We're also on Instagram, and have a mailing list at: beyondxandy.org

"Laws narrowly defining “biological sex” [...] directly harm intersex people, whose bodies often do not naturally align with the constructed sex binary and who are estimated to make up roughly 1.7% of the human population." From @them.us: www.them.us/story/ohio-s...

LinkedIn post on why I founded @beyondxandy.bsky.social, an advocacy campaign mobilizing scientists to fight transphobia with education Please share with your networks, especially trans people in biomed 🏳️‍⚧️ If you're at #ASHG25 and want to learn more, ping me! 🧬 www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...

7. When Eliason re-ran the numbers correctly, the trend line flipped entirely, showing that the share of students identifying as neither male nor female had increased, not decreased. Kaufmann’s analysis, in other words, didn’t reveal a cultural shift—it revealed statistical malpractice.

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"Genes, Traits, and Identities: Navigating Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Research" Frequently the trans and intersex communities are excluded from population-based genomics studies because they cannot be put in a neat box. But sex is a complex trait, like many other traits we study #ASHG25

FYI, if you want to learn why it's an oversimplification to refer to the "two sexes" or to say "gender" when you mean sex, check out this symposium tomorrow morning #ASHG25 bsky.app/profile/hein...

That last talk by Emma Wilson on fat distribution is a perfect example of where studying trans people on HRT would be incredibly insightful Looking at how hormones affect expression levels as fat redistribution happens could reveal a lot! #ASHG25

Related: If any other trans or nonbinary folk are attending #ASHG25, I would love to connect! Especially students who haven't had a chance to meet an older trans scientist. I wish I had that kind of mentor, but I'm happy to try to be that for others 💖🏳️‍⚧️🧬

This is a phenomenal resource on the complexity of sexual development in humans. A simple binary model of sex does not capture the nuance of actual biology! Thank you for your hard work @claudistics.bsky.social 👏

This is a phenomenal resource on the complexity of sexual development in humans. A simple binary model of sex does not capture the nuance of actual biology! Thank you for your hard work @claudistics.bsky.social 👏

To all trans PhD students/postdocs entering this year's job market: no, it's *not* you, the faculty members that keep telling you there's great opportunities and then pointing to jobs in places where you would be deeply personally/family/medically unsafe *ARE* being deeply insensitive.

as an evolutionary bio & bioanthro, I've often wondered how my skeleton differs from typical M and F my form of intersex, CAIS = my body doesn't use androgens. also, my gonads were removed just after my 1st bday - so I had NO sex hormones from age ~1-8 yr. how does that affect bone growth/dev? 🧪💀🦴

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts! Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking! Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November. SquidFacts.net

Stay tuned for: ✊ Grassroots activism campaigns 🧬 Educational resources about the science behind sex, gender identity, and gender-affirming care 📰 Summaries & commentary about major news relating to trans health, research, and politics. 🫂 Community building for trans people in the field of biomed

"Who decides what is normal development? Who decides what is natural biodiversity or pathological deviation? Who defines the distinction between defect and difference?" Eugenic attacks on people who are disabled, neurodivergent, queer, trans... They are all linked by fear of diversity

"Who decides what is normal development? Who decides what is natural biodiversity or pathological deviation? Who defines the distinction between defect and difference?" Eugenic attacks on people who are disabled, neurodivergent, queer, trans... They are all linked by fear of diversity

this is a great video about a disturbing trend that I've experienced in a slightly different context. as a biologist, whenever I talk about natural variation & sexual diversity, I get non-biologists shouting "gametes" & "SRY gene" & accusing me of "covering up" the "reality" of "biological sex"...

“Biological sex” is just “Adam and Eve” dressed up as science. I’ve tried so many different ways to explain this idea, but I think I’ve finally found the simplest one.

Intersex people are real, trans people are real, biological sex is not binary, gender is complicated, and nothing anyone says can change any of those facts. Thank you @georgianndavis.bsky.social for this piece and for all your work and speaking out.

Real talk, every prof teaching a course with a title like "The Diversity of Human Sexuality" has rehearsed in their mind for a scenario like this but gotta be honest, the whole (huge??) class stepping up was a surprise to me and likely to the prof! Good work everyone.

Lol I read this to my class

Thanks for teaching your students about the nuances around sexual development! We need more professors educating people that sex is not binary

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

then simultaneously advance the belief that sex is binary and that it is impossible for one's actual sex to be misaligned with that of their body. It is to suggest billions of years of random flukes produced a 100% flawless process. It's unfathomably unlikely.