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    BuzzFeed News‏Verified account @BuzzFeedNews 23h23 hours ago

    NYC will now allow a gender neutral option on birth certificates. Germany recently enacted a similar law, and intersex people there said it was a milestone in their long struggle for recognition. For more, check out out Follow This — now streaming on Netflix.pic.twitter.com/V3YBWofhBE

    How A New Intersex Law Is Changing Germany’s Idea Of Gender
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      1. Alicia Flanery‏ @aflanery89 5h5 hours ago
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        ...be used to determine whether the suspects are male or female – XX or XY). Men and women may choose their gender; they cannot choose their sex, as it is written in the DNA in each cell of their body. (5/5)

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      1. Alicia Flanery‏ @aflanery89 5h5 hours ago
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        ...persons, identification of remains (e.g., a male pelvis is narrower than a female's, preliminary DNA analyses easily determine whether the sample is of a male of female – XX or XY), and in narrowing suspects in crimes (DNA analyses at the scene can.. (4/5)

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      1. Alicia Flanery‏ @aflanery89 5h5 hours ago
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        ...because it is important both medically and forensically. Biological sex is helpful in differential diagnoses (certain conditions affect one sex disproportionately or only affect one sex, e.g., X-linked recessive genetic disorders), identification of missing... (3/5)

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      1. Alicia Flanery‏ @aflanery89 5h5 hours ago
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        …two X chromosomes (XX – female) or an X and a Y chromosome (XY – male) in utero. Biological sex is stable throughout life, and it is what has historically been represented on birth certificates. This is done not to tell people how they have to live their life, but... (2/5)

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      1. Alicia Flanery‏ @aflanery89 5h5 hours ago
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        I have nothing against the LGBTQ community, but as someone with an extensive background in bio, including genetics, as part of my degrees, please let me point this out: gender is a fluid construct, sex is not. Biological sex is determined by genetic inheritance of... (1/5)

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      1. Monica P. Bedolla‏ @mmmonicapb 23h23 hours ago
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        What about non-human identifying subjects?

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