In the continuing race to see who can throw transgender people under the bus most quickly, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Annie Andrews has released a new direct-to-camera campaign ad in which she states that she does not support trans athletes playing in sports that affirm their gender identity.
Biological male is a transphobic dog whistle. And a binary application of biological sex itself isn’t good either, sex is complicated.
Here’s a primer for journalists. It explains that the problem with biological sex is that it is ambiguous and could mean one of several things that may not align.