In the New York Times last week a pair of reactionaries argued against the term "assigned sex at birth" in an impossibly dumbed-down discussion that ignored the existence of intersex people, the reason the term exists in the first place.

On Assigned, we hold ourselves to higher standards for both scientific accuracy and thoughtfulness.

Therefore, please enjoy this opinion essay by a medical doctor arguing assigning sex is harmful and unnecessary. #trans #science #news

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/assigned-sex-new-york-times-doctor-perspective

A Doctor’s Case Against Assigning Sex at Birth

Doctors assign their best guess at sex based on a cursory visual examination of an infant’s genitals. But, what if they didn’t?

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