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can't tell if you are joking or not, but the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is not a day that celebrates homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia ...

Thanks for the comment either way, but unfortunately this is a womens-only community, and we have a rule that only women can comment or post. Hope you understand 🧡

not debunked, just made more complicated - the evidence still points to gender identity being biological, fixed (not subject to social or psychological influences), and the result of the early development of the brain, but ... it's not like we have some clear "gender essence" in the way that some people wrongly assume, that is there are no clear "female" and "male" brains, instead all people (cis and trans) seem to have complex sexually dimorphic brain structures that don't fit neatly into that kind of categorization.

maybe read this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31509086/

The autopsy studies were done by Dick Swaab, and repeated, here's one of his articles from 2008 (I'm sure you can find the rest on your own):

Garcia-Falgueras A, Swaab DF. A sex difference in the hypothalamic uncinate nucleus: relationship to gender identity. Brain. 2008 Dec;131(Pt 12):3132-46. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn276. Epub 2008 Nov 2. PMID: 18980961.

for a video overview on the science I recommend this overview by Julia Serano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZymYiwoRoC0

This video overview on the variability of sex is also highly recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQplt7Chos

there were some MRI studies by Joel et al. that disrupted the overly simple findings of the autopsy studies:

Joel D, Berman Z, Tavor I, Wexler N, Gaber O, Stein Y, Shefi N, Pool J, Urchs S, Margulies DS, Liem F, Hänggi J, Jäncke L, Assaf Y. Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 15;112(50):15468-73. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509654112. Epub 2015 Nov 30. PMID: 26621705; PMCID: PMC4687544.

and for a more up to date article with a collab between Joel & Swaab, I would check-out:

Joel D, Garcia-Falgueras A, Swaab D. The Complex Relationships between Sex and the Brain. Neuroscientist. 2020 Apr;26(2):156-169. doi: 10.1177/1073858419867298. Epub 2019 Sep 11. PMID: 31509086.

also worth reading:

Saraswat A, Weinand JD, Safer JD. Evidence supporting the biologic nature of gender identity. Endocr Pract. 2015 Feb;21(2):199-204. doi: 10.4158/EP14351.RA. PMID: 25667367.

Korpaisarn S, Safer JD. Etiology of Gender Identity. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2019 Jun;48(2):323-329. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.01.002. Epub 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 31027542.

Ainsworth, C. Sex redefined. Nature 518, 288–291 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518288a

and finally this systematic literature review on the clinical outcomes of trans gender-affirming healthcare:

https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/topics/lgbt-equality/what-does-the-scholarly-research-say-about-the-well-being-of-transgender-people/

I haven't used the barista blends myself, but I'll have to check it out. Also, good tip on the cream of tartar, had never heard of that for making vegan buttermilk 👀

also, despite such a helpful comment, and thank you for that, unfortunately this community is for women only so I'm removing your comment. Hope you understand 💛

thank you for your helpful comment, but this FYI community is for women only to comment unfortunately. That doesn't mean your contributions aren't appreciated! Hope you understand 💕

Thank you for your useful comment, however this community is for women only to comment and post in. Hope you understand 🧡

For those that are curious, the user was sharing the definition of a suffragette, i.e. an activist who fights for the rights of women to vote.

OK, I'm not sure I really am a "culinary genius", but I'm a good enough home cook that people frequently confuse me with a culinary genius. I certainly put in a lot of effort, and sometimes it pays off. 😁

Below me is a person with a doggo 👇

absolutely! You have worked really hard and more than deserve to treat yourself 💖

There is a part of me that assumes every celebrity is likely guilty ... people who rise to that level of fame are often bad people.

I mean, even Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are guilty 😬

Sure, maybe my generalizations are unfair or untrue, but there is something pragmatic happening about psychologically steeling myself, knowing I should be prepared for anyone to later be found guilty because of how common it seems among celebs.

Over 160 actors, writers, directors, etc. famously signed a petition to free Roman Polanski after he was arrested for unspeakable sexual crimes to a minor:

The petition was signed by many prominent individuals in the film industry including Guillermo del Toro, Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Michael Mann, Woody Allen, Darren Aronofsky, Harrison Ford, Jeremy Irons, and Wong Kar-wai.

A full list is here.

If I try to answer that, steam comes out of my ears and I get nowhere. So I imagine the question is "why does a friend deserve good things", and that leads me to think anyone inherently deserves good things, and from there I remind myself that I am included in "anyone" too! 😊

thank you for your comment, but this community is for women only - hope you understand 🤎

lol, no worries - and you're not the only clueless person to comment here unawares 😅 definitely doesn't make you an idiot - we all make mistakes!