While this is a small overview, the science is clear and conclusive: sex is not binary, transgender people are real.
This is a claim of fact, asserting what science demonstrates about sex and gender. It can also be seen as claim of value as denying this reality is unethical.
“Facts don’t care about your feelings.”
It is a time where media controls lives and culture, and science is weaponized in debates. Feelings often times controls society's beliefs, which is why this context is important.
So, hold onto your parts, whatever they may be. It’s time for “the talk.”
This is a public-facing science blog, combing scientific language with instances of humor.
Defining a person’s sex identity using decontextualized “facts” is unscientific and dehumanizing.
The purpose is to persuade readers to reject biological arguments against trans identities and to recognize that science supports them.
To the IDW, trans people and their advocates are destroying the pillars of our society with such free-speech–suppressing, postmodern concepts as: “trans women are women,” “gender-neutral pronouns,” or “there are more than two genders.” Asserting “basic biology” will not be ignored, the IDW proclaims. “Facts don’t care about your feelings.”
The author is addressing readers who are influenced by IDW rhetoric. Using scientific knowledge, Sun targets skeptical readers that value logic and facts.
The real world consequences are stacking up: the trans military ban, bathroom bills, and removal of workplace and medical discrimination protections
The exigence here is political urgency. The author is responding to policy and debates that are harming trans people.
Thanks to the participation of trans people in research, we have expanded our understanding of how brain structure, sex and gender interact.
Sun writes from a standpoint grounded in scientific research. Engaging directly with empirical studies shows the rather than ideology shows the credibility of the author. The author also values inclusive science.
The irony in all this is that these “protectors of enlightenment” are guilty of the very behavior this phrase derides.
This sentence shows the main subject of the article. It declares the misuse of science to justify transphobia. The main message is that real science undermines transphobic ideas.