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 @989HYDW from Ohio  disagreed…2yrs2Y

what you are talking about is biological and even with that there are not only 2. There are 3. male, female, and intersex. These are the three sexes that a child can biologically be born as. Gender however is a construct. If you were in a horrible accident and one day woke up in a body of the opposite sex you would do whatever you could so that your body matched how you feel and how you see yourself on the inside. You need to understand that there is a difference between them and that it is not okay to just say something like "oh its a disease" or "oh its just mental illness" because it isn't.

 @9B2G7PZLibertarian from Utah  commented…2yrs2Y

There is a very small percentage of people who are actually intersex and there's a crazy physical diagnoses for it that I can't remember. Also, most kids who experience Gender Dysphoria end up being gay/lesbian- like me. Being gay is not a disease or mental illness, no, but believing that you're not in the right body stems from Gender Dysphoria which is a mental illness. It can be treated. Throwing all these 'pronouns' at kids will only feed that mental illness. There is a very small percentage of people who are actually transgender.

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 @RenaldoMoon from Pennsylvania  disagreed…8mos8MO

  1. Intersex people are actually pretty common, about as common as redheads in fact.
  2. Gender dysphoria is not a new issue that's feeding mental health disorder, it is a mental health disorder. Also its not a new issue. People are just feeling more confident about it as it becomes more accepted in culture.
  3. Gender affirming surgeries have been proven to improve the mental well being and reduce suicide rates in people who get them done.
  4. You cat and dog analog is terrible. A cat and a dog have completely different DNA and are different species while males and females are the same species, just produce different hormones due to processes in their brains. So while a cat can't rewrite its DNA and cells to become a dog, a male can become female, because this does not require completely changing its DNA.
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Hegseth Out, DeSantis In? Trump Rethinks Defense Pick

President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible replacement for Pete Hegseth, his pick to run the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the discussions, amid Republican senators’ concerns over mounting allegations about the former Fox News host’s personal life.Picking DeSantis, a 2024 GOP primary rival for the presidency, would amount to a stunning turn for Trump. But he would also find in the governor a well-known conservative with a service record who shares Trump’s—and Hegseth’s—view on culling what they see as “woke” policies in the military.Trump allies increasingly think Hegseth might not survive further scrutiny, according to people close to the president-elect’s team, which considers the next 48 hours to be crucial to his fate.DeSantis, who served as a Navy lawyer in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, was on an earlier list of potential defense-secretary candidates that transition officials presented to the president. Trump ultimately went with Hegseth. But as Hegseth’s nomination has faltered, that list has been revived and DeSantis is again among the choices Trump is considering, the people said.The discussions are in their early stages, one of the people said, adding that Trump has floated DeSantis’s name in casual conversations with guests at Mar-a-Lago, his private Florida club.Trump could decide not to choose DeSantis and select another replacement, if Hegseth’s nomination falls apart, the people said. Another potential defense-secretary candidate who has been discussed by Trump allies, according to people familiar with the matter, is Elbridge Colby, a former Pentagon official and ally of Vice President-elect JD Vance. Trump is also considering Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) for the job, some of the people said.DeSantis was once seen as an acolyte of Trump but his decision to challenge the former president in the 2024 GOP primary began a conflict between them, with Trump casting DeSantis as disloyal. Trump easily prevailed in the primary and friends of the two have worked to repair the relationship.

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