Do you even know who that is? She's like the modern queen of punk rock. I was lucky enough to attend one of her shows and get one of her guitar picks. Putting anything from her in this thread speaks more about yourself than it does her.
She's also right in that the concept of "biological gender" is bullshit, ad hoc, nonsense to say that transsexuals are the not gender they identify as (which, from the context of the message, appears to be what's happening there). There is no single biological factor that is dispositive for the purposes of "gender." A lot of correlation, but nothing dispositive. Shivahn posted a great rant on the topic many years ago, addressing the issue in far more detail than I care to go into.
um, famous and notorious people are just regular people, so sometimes they can be wrong or say things the wrong way. i'm with the quote's sentiment, but not the way the message is written. one offhand, one ad hominem, and one returning the question does not make for good argumentation, objectively. also, since when do punks obey hierarchy?
really not trying to start a war. i thought that traditionally males were xy chromosomes and women xx. doesn't that count as "biological gender"? or is that "biological sex"? and i'm not touching the trans issue with a ten-foot pole, seeing as it's a sore spot just by looking at it for some people and i don't want to offend anyone today.
also, whether to classify trans as biological or neurological or both, i'm just plain out of my league to even attempt answering, but i thought it was a mix of both. please correct me if i'm wrong.
The problem with chromosomes is that there is great deal more variation than simply XX and XY. As a nonexhaustive list:
XXYY,
XXY Klinefelter syndrome,
XXY non-Klinefelter syndrom,
Complete Androgen insensitivity syndrom,
turner syndrome, and
Triple X Syndrome. All of these indicate that there is much greater diversity to chromosomes than simply XX and XY, and yet we still recognize all of these individuals as either male or female. Thus, chromosomes are not dispositive for the purpose of gender. Thus some other phenomenon in isolation or a combination of traits (which would certainly weigh in favor of recognizing transsexuals as their identified gender) must account for this definition of "biologically male/female."
ETA: I'm sorry that Laura wasn't the perfectly dainty little girl you wanted. I'm sorry that when someone tried to dictate her gender to her, she responded that he can go fuck himself and that his concept was bullshit. I'm sorry that transsexuals who are more likely to say "fuck off" to conservative trolls*--who unironically support Donald Fucking Trump--on twitter deserve the label SJW. I'm sorry that... actually, I'm not sorry for anything. You have some growing up to do, son.
*This asshole, while arguing with Laura calls SRS cosmetic, says that gays and transsexuals "demand new laws and shove [their lifestyles] down [our] throats," baits her with pronouns, essentially equates BlackLivesMatter to a rogue posse of vigilantes, and says only people who pay a federal income tax should be able to vote.
