What kind of legal protections?
Peak incoherent headline:
Montana governor lobbied by non-binary son to reject anti-trans bills
What the hell is a non-binary son?
The son of the Republican governor of Montana, Greg Gianforte, met their father in his office to lobby him to reject several bills that would harm transgender people in the state, the Montana Free Press reported.
Hahahahahahaha “their father” – this stuff gets dumber every day.
David Gianforte told the paper they identify as non-binary and use he/they pronouns – the first time they disclosed their gender identity publicly.
How exciting! How glamorous! How first time disclosing! How center of attentioning!
They told the outlet they felt an obligation to use their relationship with their father to stand up for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
How altruistic! How kind! How enlightened! How inclusive! How equityish!
Republicans across the US have moved to restrict transgender rights. Ten bills in the Montana state legislature this session target transgender people, according to translegislation.com, an online tracker.
Those bills including measures that would deny gender-affirming care to minors and limit the definition of sex in state law, which could limit legal protections for transgender people.
Slow down there, Guardian. Who says there is such a thing as a “right” to “gender-affirming” care? How can anyone be sure the care in question is “gender-affirming care” and not mutilation? You could ask that about other surgeries, but there is generally a medical answer. Some surgeries are cosmetic, but is it really cosmetic to cut off a penis or to try to construct a pseudo-penis from tissue taken out of the arm?
That’s even less coherent than I previously thought. Aren’t typical pronouns he/him, she/her, they/them? So nominative/objective, then. (I wonder why they never list the possessive form. So many lost opportunities!) And he wants to be “he” in the nominative, just like most male persons, but “they” in the objective. In which case, it seems the writer in this case consistently used the wrong pronoun for they. (← That’s how it should be?)
Also, even if a person is a they, is it right to use the plural form of the verb “use” here? Do people with “they” pronouns truly identify as several people, and expect to be treated as such?
So many questions, so few answers.
Speaking of Motte and Bailey, did you read that article from the last link “which could limit?” It’s so back and forth, like a Dr. Who descripton of time when it refers to sex and gender and intersex that my brain feels like a ping-pong ball after a long volley.
I didn’t – I’ll do so now.
Harald, yes, typical pronouns are like that, but the glory of trans is Escape From the Typical!
I think “he/they” means both are acceptable? Or maybe it means we’re supposed to use first “he” and then “they.” Or maybe it means nothing apart from “I am special.”
Maybe it means “I want to retain my male privilege while being special and marginalized at the same time.”
I’ve gotten the impression that “they” is the real preferred pronoun, but “he” is fine as long as you knowledge that the “he” is a “they”…
Makes about as much sense as anything else…