I'd like to take a moment to congratulate all Americans for now legally being defined as women.
According to Executive Order 14168 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02090/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal), the "biological truth" of the genders has been legally defined:
(d) “Female” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.
(e) “Male” means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.
Here's the problem, turns out that the universe isn't taking attendance at the time of conception and handing out little pink and blue genderino badges before your gonads even exist. At the moment of conception, EVERY embryo's default state is set to produce, eventually, the larger reproductive cell (the ova). It's not until 6-8 weeks AFTER conception that the Y chromosome, if present and activated, decides to show up to the party and begin the process of differentiation into a body that will, eventually, produce the smaller reproductive cell (the sperm).
So, once again, I'd like to congratulate literally everybody in America for, at this moment, being legally AFAB.
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only about 100 comments so far.
Please comment if you're in the US, and boost
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/19/2025-04083/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability
Leave a short public comment saying that people should use their gender not "assigned sex at birth" on their passport.
The point of doing this is so that the public comments cannot be used as a talking point in support of the dangerous and discriminatory changes they want to make.
The public comment won't stop them but overwhelming opposition will make them useless.
Take 3min and type something.
The public comment period for changing passports to misgender trans people is open. Please take a moment to let them know that you do not support that change. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02648/30-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-application-for-a-us-passport
US FOLKS:
The US Department of Labor has public commentary open until jan 17, 2025, to potentially end the sub minimum wage allowance for people with disabilities
*please* go comment in favor of ending this draconic rule.
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