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But the label written on the piece of paper may not correspond to your fundamental sex, which may not become apparent until later in life.
This is what I mean when I refer to an error made at birth.
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Sex assignment at birth usually aligns with a child's anatomical sex and phenotype
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment
If you disagree with medical and scientific experts, you're free to do so.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_assignment
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The apparent genital anatomy determines your sex, and the label is assigned.
But sometimes genital anatomy can be ambiguous, and the incorrect decision can occur, and the incorrect label assigned.
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Differences in sex development (DSD) is a group of rare conditions involving genes, hormones and reproductive organs, including genitals. It means a person's sex development is different to most other people's.
The most common times to find out that a person has a DSD are around the time of their birth or when they're a teenager.
Your care team may advise you to delay registering your child's birth for a few days until the tests are complete, you have discussed the results with your child's care team and the sex of your baby is established or decided.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/differences-in-sex-development/
The most common times to find out that a person has a DSD are around the time of their birth or when they're a teenager.
Your care team may advise you to delay registering your child's birth for a few days until the tests are complete, you have discussed the results with your child's care team and the sex of your baby is established or decided.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/differences-in-sex-development/
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I think we are close to achieving a consensus.
The apparent genital anatomy indicates your sex, and an appropriate, but sometimes incorrect label is assigned, sometimes based on a best guess.
Other times, depending on the facilities available, further medical examination determines which sex is assigned, but even that label can be incorrect.
Assuming the approximate .02% of babies affected, that'll be about 160,000 people of the world's current population affected.
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The pimpernel is a flower. I wouldn't describe myself as flower, more of a thorn to confront lying racists.
Unless you meant the scarlet pimpernel, but he is a fictional character.
But I might adopt the nom de guerre. Thanks for the tip.
no, it indicates your apparent sex.
If it later emerges that the appearance was misleading, the observation can be corrected.
This is not a change in sex. It is a change in observation.
if my tabby cat has fallen down a chimney and is covered in soot, you may judge from appearance that it is black.
When the soot is cleaned off, it has not changed into a tabby cat.
If the cat considers that it is fond of hunting at night, and sitting it trees, it may self-identify as an owl.
But it is, in fact, a cat, always was, and always will be.
Yeah, but is it female after you cut off its cock and balls?
that's an extremely easy and silly question.
I am a man. If I grow my hair long, do I become a woman?
If I play with dolls as a child, do I become a girl?
If I take a prescription anti-baldness drug that reduces testosterone, do I become a woman?
If I become pope, and stop having sex with women, do I become a woman?
If I unfortunately develop testicular cancer, and they are removed, do I become a woman?
If I am a motor mechanic, and due to an accident with a rolling road, both my legs and my genitals are wrenched off, do I become a woman?
I am a man. If I grow my hair long, do I become a woman?
If I play with dolls as a child, do I become a girl?
If I take a prescription anti-baldness drug that reduces testosterone, do I become a woman?
If I become pope, and stop having sex with women, do I become a woman?
If I unfortunately develop testicular cancer, and they are removed, do I become a woman?
If I am a motor mechanic, and due to an accident with a rolling road, both my legs and my genitals are wrenched off, do I become a woman?
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That is basically what I've been saying all along.
You've just rearranged the words.
The person that corrects the observation can still change the 'label' and correct the mistake.
And the birth certificate will be amended to read the opposite sex.
But sex still isn't binary. It's only classified as binary because that is all the legal systems can cope with.
So an apparently male athlete, who has been living their life up until about twenty years old as a male, who discovers later in life that they are really female, can transition to their 'real' sex, change their 'label' on their birth certificate, and if they qualify, with the appropriate tests, compete in female sports.
