1/12 I can’t let this go. Last week “All Things Considered” aired a segment on the structure of DNA that named only Watson and Crick. When people squawked they issued a “correction” (npr.org/2023/03/01/116… ).
@npratc @ailsachang @NPRKelly @arishapiro @jmsummers @nccomfort 2/12 But I remain neither moved nor impressed. Instead I continue to feel rage and pain over the incident. Why? It all goes back to the 1968 publication of Watson’s “The Double Helix”, @npratc @ailsachang @NPRKelly @arishapiro @jmsummers @nccomfort

1/4 "The scope of legislative attacks on transgender people continues to expand. Four years ago, the main focus was on transgender athletes. Today, healthcare bans affecting transgender minors have been enacted in seven states," 2/4 "& bills targeting transgender adults R increasingly common. In Tennessee, 1 proposal would pressure insurers nationwide 2 avoid offering gender-affirming coverage to adults, while another bill in Missouri would require forcible medical detransition 4 incarcerates trans ppl."

Thread: (1). To understand this you need to go back to the 1950s when the western medical world classified births as male, female, male pseudohermaphrodite, female pseudohermaphrodite and true (real) hermaphrodites.

https://twitter.com/CC_Wellness7/status/1229793513857880064

Thread: (2).In this period neither DSD nor intersex existed as medical descriptions. Surgery was done on DSD infants at birth, infants assigned as either male or female and parents instructed never to speak of the matter again.