The bill creates a third gender - 'X' - that can now be listed in the place of male or female on birth certificates. De Blasio signed the bill at a ceremony flanked by his wife, First Lady Chirlane McGray, and a host of LGBTQ activists, several of whom spoke at the signing.
One trans activist said that while the bill might seem like a "small change", for trans and non-binary individuals, it's "monumental."
"This might seem like a small change, but it's monumental to many of us," said Tanya Walker, a trans activist who spoke at the bill signing ceremony. "We won’t longer need a doctor to decide what we know is our identity. We won’t have to be out again and again."
.@NYCMayor along with @NYCFirstLady will sign into law this piece that will allow a person to amend gender marker on their birth certificate through self-attestation, removing the requirement of a medical affidavit & offer X as a gender marker option for non-binary ppl. pic.twitter.com/q4hFavAzGR
“This might seem like a small change, but it’s monumental for many of us”- @Tanyaasapansa63 co-founder of @NYTAG1 NY Trans Advocacy Group. “We won’t longer need a doctor to decide what we know is our identity. We won’t have to be out again and again.” pic.twitter.com/CbNs0t4IUe
"Now New Yorkers will be able to have a birth certificates that reflect and affirm who they are and go through life with the same dignity," said First Lady Chirlane McGray at the ceremony.
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I really don't care - I am female and have no trouble with my gender. If it makes "other" genders feel better in life than good. I just question the timing of this decision. African Americans now know the Democrats were using them only for their votes. Is it now LGBT votes??? Does DeBlasio really care?
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ReplyDeleteOK. I can sort of understand some crackpot wanting to change his/her gender later in life. Whatever floats their boat.
But, changing your baby's gender at birth. Seriously?
WTF is wrong with society?
The Christian worldview confronts that assumption head-on. Scripture clearly defines human beings as male and female, here not by accident but by divine purpose.Furthermore, this purpose, along with every other aspect of God’s creation, is declared by the Creator to be “good.” This means that human flourishing and happiness will take place only when the goodness of God’s creation is honored as God intended. An evangelical theology of the body affirms the goodness behind male being male and female being female.
ReplyDeleteThe brokenness of the world explains why sinners will often deny the distinctions between male and female.
Ideologists of the sexual revolution are partly correct when they argue that much of what our society celebrates as masculine or feminine is socially constructed and should be discarded. Scripture should inform and correct our notions of what is masculine and what is feminine.
But Scripture clearly refutes any theory that gender is only a social construction or that human beings are free to define gender in a way different than the way God defined male and female in the act of creation.
As Scripture also makes clear, the identity of the human being as male and as female points to marriage as the context in which the man and the woman, made for each other, are to come together in a union that is holy, righteous and absolutely necessary for human flourishing.
Sex, gender, marriage and family all come together in the very first chapters of Scripture in order to make clear that every aspect of our sexuality
The reality of human sinfulness explains why there are those who are deeply troubled and confused about something as fundamental as their gender and self-identity. The brokenness of the world also explains why there are entire ideologies, theories and systems of thought constructed by sinners in order to justify their sin. This is exactly what Paul indicts in Romans 1 when he describes suppressing the truth in unrighteousness and exchanging the truth of God for a lie.
ReplyDeleteWhat about no gender? Do they leave it blank?
ReplyDeleteTalk about opening up sexual harassment and these idiots in the same bathrooms as children trying to grow up.
ReplyDeleteSimply add a chromosome line. XY XX XXY.
ReplyDeleteIdentity is subjective. Biology at the chromsome level is constant.
One doesn't need a doctor to tell them what gender they are ----- just look down.
ReplyDeleteIf there is no gender identity,how can you have sexual harassment? NOW may as well close up shop.Everyone is everything or nothing so problem solved. Everybody can now STFU.
ReplyDeleteStupid is s stupid does...
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ReplyDeleteNYC's mayor operates under an assumed name. He was unhappy with his family and ginned up a new handle. His wife was a well known lesbian. They have spawned. So for his crowd this seems as normal as any of their other adventures.
Pleas God, bring about the end of times, cause I don't know how much more of this crazy bs I can stand!! time for another flood to wash away all the degenerates and the filth!
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't he ask the people what THEY want and not do what HE wants?
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