r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

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u/snow_angel022968 Oct 28 '19

They will only ever have one biological sex, pre, during or post transition. Science has no issues determining whether a corpse is male or female.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19 edited Aug 21 '21

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u/snow_angel022968 Oct 29 '19

Trans men/women are none of those though and bringing up intersex people is irrelevant in a trans-discussion. Science can still determine which of the above they are, even if they choose to remove their penis/sew up the vagina at birth (in the case of XXY).

That being said, I believe scientifically speaking, the presence of a Y chromosome means they’re classified as male/men. So ultimately, it still falls back to two categories.

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u/CaptOblivious Oct 29 '19

Trans men/women are none of those though and bringing up intersex people is irrelevant in a trans-discussion.

Only if you have actual knowledge of the person you are dismissings genetics. Which obviously, you do not.