SWS Condemns Trump Administration’s Move to Redefine Gender: ‘Transgender Rights are Human Rights’
Sociologists for Women in Society unequivocally rejects efforts by the Trump Administration to redefine gender in such a limited way. Mandating that individuals identify with a binary gender category that is based on their sex organs at birth rejects the social construction of gender, neglects the experiences of intersex people, and flies in the face of extensive research showing that gender is not so simplistically defined. Gender is not a biological construction. Transgender rights are human rights. And the Trump Administration’s attempts to ignore these facts will alienate many and set back hard-won gains.