A group of UK biologists, doctors, and experts in science have created a letter to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, outlining how sex is not only not binary, but that trying to create legislation that restricts people's rights under this assumption leads to active harm.
The letter, which has already been signed by dozens of people with expertise and knowledge in the field, urges Phillipson and the government to take action to restore the rights of trans and non-binary people in regards to their access of public spaces. The letter goes on to explain why a strict binary doesn't exist in biology, and breaks down how there are multiple factors that make up a persons sex.
The letter can be accessed here.
Those with relevant expertise in the field are urged to add their names to the list of signatories to try and show the government how this new ruling has no actual basis in science, and must be reversed.
The British Medical Association, which represents more than 50,000 young doctors, has also spoken out on the matter, calling the decision 'biologically nonsensical' and 'scientifically illiterate'.
Anyone with a basic understanding of human biology and sexual development understands that sex isn't a strict binary, and that this is only told to very young children in order to give them a foundational understanding of human biology. Unfortunately, many transphobic campaigners only have a five-year-old's understanding of science, and are ignoring actual experts in the field. Hopefully this letter, and the BMA condemnation, will go some way to showing why this is a complex issue, and restricting rights based on unscientific views is dangerous.
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