Nebraska's governor has signed an executive order directing state agencies to use narrow definitions of a person's sex. Republican Gov.

Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.

The order notably does not use the term “transgender,” although it appears directed at limiting transgender access to certain public spaces. It orders state agencies to define “female” and “male” as a person’s sex assigned at birth.

“It is common sense that men do not belong in women’s only spaces,” Pillen said in a statement. “As Governor, it is my duty to protect our kids and women’s athletics, which means providing single-sex spaces for women’s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.”

    • jesuiscequejesuis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      10 months ago

      There are more intersex people in the US than trans people.

      Most advocacy groups estimate that 1.7% percent of people are born intersex — the equivalent of about 5.6 million U.S. residents

      Polling by KFF and The Washington Post shows that there are nearly 2 million people nationwide who identify as transgender or trans, representing less than 1% of all adults

      Source: https://apnews.com/article/how-many-transgender-intersex-laws-0218b75a197f07d8c51620bb73495d55

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      What percent of the population do you think is trans? Genuinely curious.

      Oops, just saw the other reply. The one you ignored and didn’t respond to. Has a source and everything.

      Your “argument” here is bullshit, because intersex is less rare than trans. But you’d never know that based on the current political conversation, would you?

      • bobman@unilem.org
        220·
        10 months ago

        So it doesn’t apply to the vast majority of people affected by anti-trans legislation.

        • webadict@lemmy.world
          142·
          10 months ago

          Ah yes, just like Martin Niemöller’s poem:

          First they came the trans people, and that was totally okay because there was less of them, so it never affected me.

          • bobman@unilem.org
            112·
            10 months ago

            Because the vast majority of people affected by anti-trans legislation aren’t intersex.

            • webadict@lemmy.world
              11·
              10 months ago

              Most people aren’t trans, but anti-trans legislation still affects them. It doesn’t really matter who it affects more, because it is meant as a culture war, but also as a hate tactic to bully people. How do you check that someone is transgender? You really can’t. You could claim they are dressing a certain way that doesn’t match. You could claim they look like they have more of a hormonal type. You could claim they are acting a way that doesn’t match their assigned gender at birth.

              But that’s the point. You can pick and choose who to apply this to.