Is it no accident that wing nuts vehemently object to each and every one of these notions?

[MrScorpio]

[ScratchCat]

1. I hesitate asking this question

But I will do it any way.

"Sex & gender are spectrums" - what is that supposed to mean? I have never heard that phrase.

[MrScorpio]

2. It's no accident that the LGBT community has adopted the rainbow as their symbol

Here's some info about sex and gender as spectrums:

https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/rubikscube/seeing-rainbow-modeling-sex-gender-and-sexuality-spectrums

https://rethinkinggender.com/sex/

[CaptYossarian]

3. I was told it had to do with Judy Garland. So, it goes much deeper then.

[irisblue]

7. Your information is decades out of date

::this is not a personal criticism of you::
Very very brief history
>>Garland died in London, June 22, 1969.
>>Stonewall Uprising/Riot-NYC June 28-July1, 1969. Fun facts, Trans Gender Women, Butch Lesbians, Effeminate Men, Hookers, Homeless Youth and Drag Queens kicked the NYPD asses out. Police had gotten used to raiding & arresting patrons of Gay Bars
>>Gilbert Baker, SF 1978, created, with others for the GayFreedomDay Parade.


So while Garlands death in London, and the previous decades long history of police brutality & arrests, combined are a starting point for LGTBQ+ political &social movements, it was a factor leading to the next decade of increasing activities.

And there is no way I can succiently explain the Rainbow Flags' impact on the AIDs Quilts.

[CaptYossarian]

11. Thanks for the update.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Spectrum as in a wide range of various colors,...

rather than the black/white definition that RW assholes demand everybody think in.

Yes, rainbows.

[mwooldri]

5. Male, female, and everything in-between.

Example: biologically I'm male, but my brain isn't fully "male". A lot of the time it thinks "female" so I've been confused about my gender. Add to that with society reinforcing its mixed signals by addressing me as female when they hear me on the phone and until recently that was nearly every day (as I used to work in a call centre). So some time ago I've said F-it and just go with the notion that I'm a human and for me a specific gender isn't so important anymore in my identity. I'm both male and female in my head, but I'm in a male body... which sometimes drives me nuts. I guess the term "gender fluid" comes to mind.

[juxtaposed]

6. But, But, one must be stoned to listen to Alex Jones

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. No. Being stoned makes it harder to listen to the turd. Maybe being drunk makes it easier. Dunno. nt

[DallasNE]

9. I Don't Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry

Laugh because it is funny.

Cry because it has come to this.

[CTAtheist]

10. Agree with all but the "Sex & Gender" one

By "sex" I think he meant "sexual identity" and just wrote "sex" for short. And yes, sexual identity is a spectrum.

Gender is not. There are only 4: male, female, hermaphrodite, and eunuch.

It should have read "Sexual identity is a spectrum" and it would have been fine and avoided that nit.

[ProfessorPlum]

13. Gender is not. There are only 4: male, female, hermaphrodite, and eunuch.

who died and made anyone the arbiter of that? I would argue that there is indeed a spectrum from male to female, including all the different types of hermaphrodism.

[CTAtheist]

14. Incorrect.

This is simple biology.

1: no penises or vaginas
2: only penises, no vaginas
3: only vaginas, no penises
4: both penises and vaginas

There are only 4 genders.

Sexual identity, however, is a spectrum. Totally agree there.

[ProfessorPlum]

15. lol I can assume you aren't a medical doctor, then

you ought to read up on hermaphrodism sometime, and all the forms it can take. You'd be amazed.

[CTAtheist]

17. I'm fully aware of what Hermaphroditism is

And it's still a mix of male and female.

"True hermaphroditism, clinically known as ovotesticular disorder of sex development, is a medical term for an intersex condition in which an individual is born with ovarian and testicular tissue. More commonly one or both gonads is an ovotestis containing both types of tissue."

10% male, 90% female is exactly the same as 90% female, 10% male. Your gender is 'hermaphrodite'. Period.

This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with your sexual identity, which is completely unique for each person.

[ProfessorPlum]

19. whatever, dude

what you are describing is a spectrum.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. Biology is anything but simple.

Gender is much more than genitalia.

[CTAtheist]

18. Oh, absolutely not.

Sexuality is much more than genitalia.

Gender is not. It's literally your genitalia.

[ck4829]

12. K&R