Showing total ignorance of human biology, the state of North Carolina (and apparently Mississippi also) has passed a law that forces people with medically verifiable birth defects to use the wrong "bathroom" because their gender was misidentified at birth. There are a number of common birth defects (such as undescended testicles) which can result in misdiagnosis of gender. Other abnormalities can include various types of ambiguous genitalia, abnormal DNA, and the really bizarre chimeric transgender person. Chimeric people are actually two people occupying one body due to the fusion of two embryos. A chimera appears to be one person, but may have both genitalia, or have a brain that is one sex (brain structure of male and female brains are different) and genitalia of the other sex. Only a few years ago this condition was thought to be rare, but now is known to be fairly common. Of course, farmers have known about transgendered animals for centuries. If you doubt this, look up "freemartin".
Just a few years ago I knew a person who had been institutionalized most of his life because he was an hermaphrodite (I say "he", but I don't know what "his" genetic gender was). His father had wanted to kill him because "he was an abomination". Luckily his mother was from a better class of family and he was kept alive.
The discussion about the legal issue of the status of transgendered persons has ignored the fact that most cases have identifiable medical causes. The N.C. law will have exactly the opposite effect to what it is intended. Men whose gender was misdiagnosed at birth will be forced to use the female bathroom. Women will be forced to use the men's room.
Just a few years ago I knew a person who had been institutionalized most of his life because he was an hermaphrodite (I say "he", but I don't know what "his" genetic gender was). His father had wanted to kill him because "he was an abomination". Luckily his mother was from a better class of family and he was kept alive.
The discussion about the legal issue of the status of transgendered persons has ignored the fact that most cases have identifiable medical causes. The N.C. law will have exactly the opposite effect to what it is intended. Men whose gender was misdiagnosed at birth will be forced to use the female bathroom. Women will be forced to use the men's room.
