U.S. human data repositories 'under review' for gender identity descriptors

https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/u-s-human-data-repositories-under-review-for-gender-identity-descriptors/

by SubiculumCode • 1 year ago

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thetransmitter.org

junto• 1 year ago

History repeats itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissen...

naenin2• 1 year ago

The important variable to record is sex.

If researchers want to record "gender identity" or similar ideologically-driven claims then this should have to be justified. And probably labelled as something more to the point, e.g. "does this individual have a strong desire to be the opposite sex?"

sixothree2• 1 year ago

That is very much not what this order says is allowed.

naenin2• 1 year ago

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defe...

It says that "gender identity" mustn't be used in lieu of sex and that the ideology that underpins it mustn't be promoted.

So if researchers holding datasets which currently have "gender identity" as a variable instead use more matter-of-fact descriptors like "desires to be the opposite sex" then this should be acceptable.

U.S. human data repositories 'under review' for gender identity descriptors

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