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kelly1mm

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7. Fair enough! Thanks for your reply. It does seem to suggest that 'sex' is unchangeable

Reply to unblock (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 16, 2025, 04:01 PM

Apr 2025

but 'gender' is changeable.

It then goes into protecting 'single-sex' spaces based on the determination that sex cannot be changed. That is not surprising based on UK public opinion being much more TERF-y than the USA.

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