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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:24:10 AM
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Yes: 48
No: 2
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:26:59 AM
#53:


The Admiral posted...
Lorenzo_2003 posted...
gunplagirl posted...

Fortunately the law is coming to side with me on this. Those who oversimplify this by genitals (flopping around dicks at a spa, classy) or not understanding gender are wrong and will hopefully change their views, else they remain on the wrong side if history and the present.


Believe it or not, midway through your post, I wondered if you were going to invoke the "wrong side" of history argument and then... you did.

Lol, I just thought it was amusing.


I've heard people from NAMBLA use that argument before, too. There's definitely an "any change is progress" fallacy going on in negi's mind.


So you jump straight to comparing trans women to male child molestors?

One, we aren't men.

Two, gender identity has nothing to do with sexual perversions regarding attraction to underage boys.

Three, there's zero instances of bathroom attacks by any trans women ever but plenty by cis hetero politicians who rally against trans rights along that axis.

If you're going to bring up something, make sure it is actually comparable and not merely for shock value as an attack upon our identities.
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TheBiggerWiggle
06/13/17 9:27:42 AM
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It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:28:30 AM
#57:


thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.
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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:28:54 AM
#58:


gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

Furthermore, you posted earlier that your opinion is not affected by it being in the overwhelming minority.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:29:23 AM
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...
It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.

Yoir interpretation is not how the law interprets it, thank you for your input
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Lorenzo_2003
06/13/17 9:29:55 AM
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gunplagirl posted...

This contributed massively to the conversation

If this was reddit I'd upvote you for how elucidating and invigorating it was


Hehehe, yes, I admit my response was more about me being pleasantly not surprised at your earlier comment. Meh, I too would like to walk around naked in a woman's spa. I think we are in agreement on that.
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Paragon21XX
06/13/17 9:30:12 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
gunplagirl posted...
KainWind posted...
Can't they just relabel it for "cis women only?" That should solve the problem.

That'd be discrimination against trans women and any gender fluid or non binary person who was assigned female at birth. Basically, there's no skirting around the issue without either showing you understand the basic premise of gender, or the lack therein

"No penises allowed"?

That would still be discrimination.

Think of it akin to something like a bar that says

"We only serve booze to people with healthy, functioning livers or people who have endured tens of thousands of dollars of payment in order to receive dialysis and later receive a healthy new liver via transplant."

Demanding medical care in order for such luxury, in the united states at least, technically violates hipaa insofar as those cases have been challenged along similar axis of discrimination (ie support animal access). And yes, I mention this because there's a case that recently had trans rights defended successfully under the Americans with disabilities act.

I would say this is more akin to an amusement park keeping some people off of rides due to height or weight restrictions. In other words, tough shit: the person should be the one expected to transition all the way, not society.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:30:20 AM
#62:


thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.
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frozenshock
06/13/17 9:30:51 AM
#64:


Someone with a penis trying to get in a fully-nude women's spa...

Sounds like that person wanted to be turned down just to get attention and go to the media
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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:31:43 AM
#65:


gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.

But you said your opinion being in the overwhelming minority didn't matter...
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:34:55 AM
#66:


Paragon21XX posted...
gunplagirl posted...
Paragon21XX posted...
gunplagirl posted...
KainWind posted...
Can't they just relabel it for "cis women only?" That should solve the problem.

That'd be discrimination against trans women and any gender fluid or non binary person who was assigned female at birth. Basically, there's no skirting around the issue without either showing you understand the basic premise of gender, or the lack therein

"No penises allowed"?

That would still be discrimination.

Think of it akin to something like a bar that says

"We only serve booze to people with healthy, functioning livers or people who have endured tens of thousands of dollars of payment in order to receive dialysis and later receive a healthy new liver via transplant."

Demanding medical care in order for such luxury, in the united states at least, technically violates hipaa insofar as those cases have been challenged along similar axis of discrimination (ie support animal access). And yes, I mention this because there's a case that recently had trans rights defended successfully under the Americans with disabilities act.

I would say this is more akin to an amusement park keeping some people off of rides due to height or weight restrictions. In other words, tough shit: the person should be the one expected to transition all the way, not society.


So then: trans women who legally changed their documents to say they're women still aren't women without surgery that you refuse to help finance despite the fact that theres been in depth research showing all US trans surgeries could be covered for a mere $0.10-20 cents a year in additional taxes per person. Yet I'm sure you'd disagree with such taxes? Furthermore, even should trans women have such surgeries, there are those who would go on to then bring up birth designations or "genetic females" (which would include trans men who have far less inclination to get bottom surgery given subpar comparative results). Do you not see how that is basically going to result in a game of raising the bar simply to prevent all trans women equitable access to women's spaces while allowing trans men to be in women's spaces despite being men?
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:36:24 AM
#67:


frozenshock posted...
Someone with a penis trying to get in a fully-nude women's spa...

Sounds like that person wanted to be turned down just to get attention and go to the media

Totally wants attention. Not at all related to wanting access to women's spaces as a woman themselves.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:37:44 AM
#68:


thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.

But you said your opinion being in the overwhelming minority didn't matter...

I never formally responded with a yes or no, but suffice it to say, I doubt the results will end with such numbers were this topic to get more attention later today.
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Dustin1280
06/13/17 9:38:07 AM
#69:


Of course it was fair

EDIT: IF the trans person had a penis then it's fair.

If the trans person was post op, then it should be fine.

The problem is Mrs. Penis would make all the women with VAGINA's uncomfortable.
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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:38:40 AM
#70:


gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.

But you said your opinion being in the overwhelming minority didn't matter...

I never formally responded with a yes or no, but suffice it to say, I doubt the results will end with such numbers were this topic to get more attention later today.

What do you expect the yes/no split to be?
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TheBiggerWiggle
06/13/17 9:38:59 AM
#71:


gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.

Yoir interpretation is not how the law interprets it, thank you for your input


This is inaccurate.

Plus, like I said women don't like to see the dicks of strangers. They don't want to be naked around those dicks. In fact if you show your dick to a woman who doesn't want to see it you usually end up on a sex offender registry.
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voldothegr8
06/13/17 9:40:04 AM
#72:


This person has a penis, correct?

Fair, next
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The Admiral
06/13/17 9:40:45 AM
#73:


Hey negi, do you think that the spa being able to segregate at all is discrimination? Is it an injustice that men aren't allowed to use it, transgender issue aside?
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:42:15 AM
#74:


TheBiggerWiggle posted...
gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.

Yoir interpretation is not how the law interprets it, thank you for your input


This is inaccurate.

Plus, like I said women don't like to see the dicks of strangers. They don't want to be naked around those dicks. In fact if you show your dick to a woman who doesn't want to see it you usually end up on a sex offender registry.

And if you show a vagina to somebody, you can as well. Context and intent. Having nude bits hanging out at a nude beach or spa is not the same as intentionally revealing them for the sake of shock or some other sexual delight. To conflate them is very off target
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:43:46 AM
#75:


The Admiral posted...
Hey negi, do you think that the spa being able to segregate at all is discrimination? Is it an injustice that men aren't allowed to use it, transgender issue aside?

Could you find the site for the spa, I want to look around to see if it is indeed 100% only for women before I can comment on such a thing but I don't have time to poke around for their site for another 20 minutes or so.
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AugustAdoulin
06/13/17 9:44:05 AM
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does she have a dick? because yea, you don't want a girl with a dick hanging out there in a woman's spa. :u

If she had a pussy then I don't see the problem.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:45:32 AM
#78:


thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.

But you said your opinion being in the overwhelming minority didn't matter...

I never formally responded with a yes or no, but suffice it to say, I doubt the results will end with such numbers were this topic to get more attention later today.

What do you expect the yes/no split to be?

Closer to 10-15% on my side but I cannot speak for certain as I don't know if you set it to one per IP address voting or not. If you didn't, I know at least one person who posted likely ballot stuffed as it were.
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TheBiggerWiggle
06/13/17 9:46:11 AM
#79:


gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.

Yoir interpretation is not how the law interprets it, thank you for your input


This is inaccurate.

Plus, like I said women don't like to see the dicks of strangers. They don't want to be naked around those dicks. In fact if you show your dick to a woman who doesn't want to see it you usually end up on a sex offender registry.

And if you show a vagina to somebody, you can as well. Context and intent. Having nude bits hanging out at a nude beach or spa is not the same as intentionally revealing them for the sake of shock or some other sexual delight. To conflate them is very off target


The business has naked biological female and is a no-penis zone. If you walk into that zone and show a penis you are essentially a sex offender. There is no other logical way to look at it.
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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:46:16 AM
#80:


gunplagirl posted...
The Admiral posted...
Hey negi, do you think that the spa being able to segregate at all is discrimination? Is it an injustice that men aren't allowed to use it, transgender issue aside?

Could you find the site for the spa, I want to look around to see if it is indeed 100% only for women before I can comment on such a thing but I don't have time to poke around for their site for another 20 minutes or so.

Did you read the OP...
https://bodyblitzspa.com/
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Dustin1280
06/13/17 9:46:35 AM
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Sorry... regardless of how you feel, if you still have a penis, you shouldn't be allowed into a spa with only people with vaginas.

Your feelings are not more important than common sense.
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AugustAdoulin
06/13/17 9:47:19 AM
#82:


Dustin1280 posted...
Sorry... regardless of how you feel, if you still have a penis, you shouldn't be allowed into a spa with only people with vaginas.


yea, that's just common sense. Most girls think dicks are gross to begin with. :u
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eston
06/13/17 9:48:04 AM
#83:


frozenshock posted...
Someone with a penis trying to get in a fully-nude women's spa...

Sounds like that person wanted to be turned down just to get attention and go to the media

A request to speak to the person who was allegedly refused service was turned down.

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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:48:39 AM
#84:


leverageblargh posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
gunplagirl posted...
thelovefist posted...
Yes: 48
No: 2

The west coast is barely even up yet. 6:29 am here, I'd wager only a few are even up for school or work right now.

What does that have to do with anything?

You know us west coast wacky doodle people, with our liberal views and tolerance and so on.

But you said your opinion being in the overwhelming minority didn't matter...

I never formally responded with a yes or no, but suffice it to say, I doubt the results will end with such numbers were this topic to get more attention later today.


This is the kind of naive shit I would expect a newbie to say, not someone who's been here for years and should know what this "community" is like

Actually I'm just in it for the screenshots at this point.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:49:21 AM
#85:


Dustin1280 posted...
Sorry... regardless of how you feel, if you still have a penis, you shouldn't be allowed into a spa with only people with vaginas.

Your feelings are not more important than common sense.

Gender identity isn't feelings. Check out the dhs-5 for more details!
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voldothegr8
06/13/17 9:49:49 AM
#86:


eston posted...
frozenshock posted...
Someone with a penis trying to get in a fully-nude women's spa...

Sounds like that person wanted to be turned down just to get attention and go to the media

A request to speak to the person who was allegedly refused service was turned down.

Of course this person's lawyer told them not to talk, bad for the inevitable frivolous lawsuit.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 9:51:26 AM
#87:


TheBiggerWiggle posted...
gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
gunplagirl posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
It's clear to me when the business says "women only" they are referring to sex, not gender. This is because naked women are involved with the business. Most women would be uncomfortable around a naked, biological man they do not know.

If you have a penis you cannot enter. It's simple.

Yoir interpretation is not how the law interprets it, thank you for your input


This is inaccurate.

Plus, like I said women don't like to see the dicks of strangers. They don't want to be naked around those dicks. In fact if you show your dick to a woman who doesn't want to see it you usually end up on a sex offender registry.

And if you show a vagina to somebody, you can as well. Context and intent. Having nude bits hanging out at a nude beach or spa is not the same as intentionally revealing them for the sake of shock or some other sexual delight. To conflate them is very off target


The business has naked biological female and is a no-penis zone. If you walk into that zone and show a penis you are essentially a sex offender. There is no other logical way to look at it.

Do you know she wasn't intersex?

Do you know all the cis women are not intersex? "Biological woman" he says.
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Dustin1280
06/13/17 9:52:10 AM
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@gunplagirl

In your perfect 100% trans-rights world, let's assume for the sake of argument the law backs everything you believe trans people should be able to do.

In such a world would I be able to LEGALLY say I identify as a man one day (granting me all freedoms/access to men's facilities and the next day I identify as a women (granting me all freedoms/access to women's facilities.

I understand this would be taking advantage of the system, but would this be legal?
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thelovefist
06/13/17 9:52:54 AM
#89:


gunplagirl posted...
Actually I'm just in it for the screenshots at this point.


You keep screenshots of gamefaqs posts?
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gatorsPENSbucs
06/13/17 9:53:01 AM
#90:


This is the fairest of fairs. Why the shit would that person think it's okay to be the only dick chilling there.
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Monday
06/13/17 9:53:52 AM
#91:


gunplagirl posted...
That would still be discrimination.


I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this point. As a business, they have to consider the feelings of the rest of the women who visit. Trans issues are a sensitive subject, yes, but you're not going to change how the public views something by forcing them to be comfortable with an unfamiliar lifestyle. One trans woman who still has a penis walking into a room filled with nude women just isn't a realistic and acceptable goal right now. That's reality.
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DifferentialEquation
06/13/17 9:54:22 AM
#93:


If it's fair to have a women only spa, then it's also fair to have cis-women only spa.
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Dustin1280
06/13/17 9:59:15 AM
#96:


Asherlee10 posted...
The Admiral posted...
Asherlee10 posted...
Blackstar110 posted...
If the person in question has a penis, fair

If the person in question does not have a penis, not fair

It's that simple for me. The whole question of "but what if they're a pervert just claiming to be trans!" is rendered moot if they're already transitioned or at least mid-process.


I agree.


I'm on board with this.

Basically, the most important feelings are all the all the natural-born women at the club, since the place shuts down without them. Many of them are not going to be comfortable with dicks flopping around in that setting. But if the transgender is post-op, most of that discomfort should do away.


I have the same sentiment. Since this is CE, I should note that I would feel the same in the opposite scenario if this was a men's spa/bathhouse (not a sex house). The transgendered person would need to be post-op.

For the record I agree with this 100%
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 10:02:38 AM
#97:


Dustin1280 posted...
@gunplagirl

In your perfect 100% trans-rights world, let's assume for the sake of argument the law backs everything you believe trans people should be able to do.

In such a world would I be able to LEGALLY say I identify as a man one day (granting me all freedoms/access to men's facilities and the next day I identify as a women (granting me all freedoms/access to women's facilities.

I understand this would be taking advantage of the system, but would this be legal?


If anyone were to challenge you on that and you got charged, you would have zero evidence to verify any genuine desire to live as a woman. as such you would rightfully lose and be punished.

But fortunately zero people have actually tried what you said and won in court doing so, as there was copious evidence they were not trans at all.
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REMercsChamp
06/13/17 10:03:04 AM
#98:


So a woman wanted to use a woman's only spa, and she was turned down, because....? And CE supports this of course. Fucking sad.
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AmonAmarth
06/13/17 10:04:43 AM
#99:


110% fair.
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Nazanir
06/13/17 10:04:52 AM
#100:


thelovefist posted...
megamanfreakXD posted...
Yeah. He's a male right?

It is a transgender person that identifies as female.

He can indentify as female all he wants, chromosones make him male. Fair, next.
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Dustin1280
06/13/17 10:06:30 AM
#101:


Another note, bodyblitzspa has a "no male genitalia" policy, this is why the person was denied.

And as said above, that is 100% what should have happened.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 10:06:32 AM
#102:


REMercsChamp posted...
So a woman wanted to use a woman's only spa, and she was turned down, because....? And CE supports this of course. Fucking sad.

Because they don't consider her or any other trans women to actually be women. But they'll try and write it off with biological information that was accurate for 8th graders decades ago and isn't actually accurate anymore. Or else they'll wave around genitals and birth designation. Or my favorite, *asterisk*
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Chicken
06/13/17 10:06:57 AM
#103:


Imagination does not over rule science.
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gunplagirl
06/13/17 10:07:25 AM
#104:


Nazanir posted...
thelovefist posted...
megamanfreakXD posted...
Yeah. He's a male right?

It is a transgender person that identifies as female.

He can indentify as female all he wants, chromosones make him male. Fair, next.

Proof she has XY chromosomes?

She's a woman. They'd still be a female chromosomal pairing
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