Summary

Representative Sarah McBride, the first out trans congresswoman, criticized Donald Trump’s executive order defining gender as strictly male or female.

McBride points out that biologically all embryos develop as female until the SRY gene activates weeks after conception.

The order, which ties gender to reproductive cells at conception, unintentionally categorizes all humans as female from conception based on biological facts.

McBride’s remarks highlight scientific flaws in the policy.

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    8 hours ago

    Trump: “You must identify with the gender you were at the time of conception.”

    Science: “Everyone starts out as women and don’t become men until 6 weeks after conception.”

    Trump: “That is exactly what I meant. Everyone who knows science must identify as a girly girl.”

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      3 hours ago

      Trump decided he wanted to be the first female president obviously. Don’t you liberals understand 5d chess!?

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        55 minutes ago

        “Trump beat Hilary to being the first woman president” is honestly hilarious to me. Sad, but also hilarious.