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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 01:28:52 JST Charlie Stross

   Institutional TERFery claims another victim: Parents told Nottinghamshire registrar’s error on birth certificate cannot be changed

   https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/19/baby-girl-registered-wrong-sex-mansfield-registration-office

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 02:36:29 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Mark T. Tomczak

     @mark Yup! The article has a whiny aroma of terfery to it (as you'd expect from The Guardian), but inadvertently makes a strong case for GRCs (which the TERFs oppose).

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     Mark T. Tomczak (mark@mastodon.fixermark.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 02:36:30 JST Mark T. Tomczak

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     @cstross "They'll assume our daughter is transgender" is big "And why should that be a problem?" energy.

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     Anne at Millrace (annehargreaves@ioc.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 05:33:27 JST Anne at Millrace

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     @cstross According to The Guardian's piece this was purely an error by the Registrar.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 05:33:27 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Anne at Millrace

     @annehargreaves I know: I've read the article. Thing is, the current climate of media-promoted institutional transphobia militates against any attempt to fix the law as it stands.