daisE 🌈<p>West Virginia senate bill 456 tries the impossible to eliminate "intersex" and "gender":</p><p>(5) A "female", when this term is used in reference to a natural person, is an individual who naturally has, had, will have through the course of normal development, or would have but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes ova for fertilization.</p><p>[see ALT text]</p><p>(7) "Sex", [..]There are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female: Provided, That individuals with congenital and medically verifiable "<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSD</span></a> conditions" (sometimes referred to as "differences in sex development", "disorders in sex development", or "intersex conditions") are not members of a third sex and must be accommodated consistent with state and federal law.</p><p>And it doesn't mention "gender" at all...</p><p><a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb456%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/</span><span class="invisible">bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb456%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=456</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/intersex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intersex</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transrights</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a></p>