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The Spectra of Gender, Sexual Orientation and Biological Sex

Started by Natasha, May 13, 2011, 05:18:35 PM

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The Spectra of Gender, Sexual Orientation and Biological Sex

http://americantransman.com/2011/05/13/the-spectra-of-gender-sexual-orientation-and-biological-sex/
5/13/11
by americantransman

In a previous post — the one about the Genetics Behind Sex Determination and Differentiation –  one reader left a comment that induced me to remove a sentence.

The reader took issue with my statement that human gonadal sex develops as a spectrum.  He commented that as this is in "deep dispute," I should not represent my opinion as scientific fact.  It was based on these comments that I removed my statement about human gonads developing as a spectrum.

But I didn't do it because I changed my mind.  I removed the statement because the comment was important and my response to it would have been more explanation than I felt I could make in the comments section.

Fortunately, the explanation fits nicely into the theme for a post that I have been wanting to write about for some time.  So this will be a "combination post," providing a discussion about the spectra of gender, sexual orientation and biological sex and a more complete reply to the comments from the post mentioned above.
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