The ad is the second one from a Democratic candidate in a swing state responding to an onslaught of anti-trans advertising.
  • @[email protected]
    8•11 hours ago

    This language reinforces the narrative that transgender women are “biological men,”

    What narrative? This is mostly true, and only untrue in cases of transgender women who are intersex AFAIK.

    • @GoddessNoAiEnglish
      25•10 hours ago

      The problem is that “biological man/woman” is a nonsense pseudoscientific term. There’s multiple forms of sex determination: chromosomal, hormonal, and phenotypical, for example. And none of them necessarily reflect gender, which is about how the brain develops.

      Chromosomal sex is what most people think of when they use terms like “biological man/woman” but the chromosomes themselves aren’t nearly as important as the SRY gene which, if present and active, triggers an embryo to develop hormonally and phenotypically male sex characters and male gender. But the SRY gene isn’t always where it’s supposed to be or working how it’s supposed to work, which can cause mismatches between sexual development and gender.

      And that’s only one known potential cause due somebody to be transgender. There are more that we know of, and probably more that we don’t know of.

      So yeah, “biological male/female” is a gross oversimplification to the point of being straight up bullshit.

    • @[email protected]
      31•10 hours ago

      It’s the framing of trans women as “biological men” as opposed to just calling them trans women. It gives ground to the right as trying to frame us trans folk as fakers as opposed to showing us as who we are, trans men and women.

      • @[email protected]
        3•8 hours ago

        The framing being a fact check on a GOP claim, that a Dem is now being disparaged for including in their ad, that dispells the misinformation.

        Lefties hurting themselves in their confusion is just classic.

    • @[email protected]
      7•8 hours ago

      I mean, this is supposed to be where the distinction between sex and gender comes up. So it’d be incorrect to say trans women are men, but correct (I guess) to say they’re male. I don’t know, I might be behind the times.

      • Sneezycat
        12•6 hours ago

        Biology is not that cut and dry. If you medically transition you’re somewhere in the middle, and that’s important for your healthcare. As in, maybe you need breast cancer checks that you didn’t need before, things like that.

    • @[email protected]OP
      12•11 hours ago

      I think the more important question is “why is that relevant?”

      I don’t introduce myself with random facts about my past. “Hi, I once kissed a man on a dare”. That’s not relevant.

      • @[email protected]
        3•8 hours ago

        and the inclusion of a fact check stating it is “false” that Sherrod Brown “voted to let transgender biological men participate in women’s sports.”

        It was relevant to the ad to clarify the politicians voting record and counter misinformation being spread by their opponent.

        This is very simple and I’m concerned that so many are completely incapable of

        1. Reading the article and
        2. Comprehending it
        3. Understanding that this ‘narrative’ line is targetting the Dem ad but it was from the GOP misinformation.