"I do have two biological parents, but I have very little knowledge about their hormones, genitals, and other sex characteristics. I do, however, know their genders."

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

No words.

Mum - not sporty, likes painting, forthright and loving but no soft touch. Can be tough. Hates cooking and has no interest in makeup.

Dad - likes his creature comforts - wine, chocolate, coffee, enjoys watching sport, not a team player, sometimes moody, needs looking after, not a tough guy. Likes to wear good clothes.

Could they both be non binary?

I suppose seeing your parents naked doesn't count? If sex is some big mystery? Or being a curious child and noticing that my mother menstruated? Or maybe, just maybe seeing photos of my mother big with child? (Playing a trumpet at a party for some very odd reason. She definitely cannot play.)

One can grow a beard and one can’t ? Now I've hit 45 I definitely could give that a go though.

It's just wrong isn't it. Grow a beard, or don't, buy into gender shenanigans, or don't, whatever - but you need male and female gametes to grow a baby in a female uterus in a female.

My dad had longer hair than my mum though for much of my childhood. And he did all the cleaning. And far more of the childcare. So maybe my mum is really my dad? She does love computer games and runs a company after all...

I don't think it's that odd.

My DC have two female parents. They know their donor is male but he could be any gender. One of their female parents went through a stage of declaring herself pansexual and pronoun-less. Thankfully that stage passed

They do know the sex characteristics of their birth mother and their donor but only one of them is their legal parent.

So yeah, families can come in all shapes, sizes and rainbow colours.

There are 6,500 differences between men and women. If, from birth, you have grown up with one from each category, and you're not sure which is which, perhaps you should go to specsavers.

I think talking about any perceived gender of mine to my children would like me discussing what I believe about my soul.

Since I personally have no wish to proselytize, it's just not on the agenda.

But each to their own.

So yeah, families can come in all shapes, sizes and rainbow colours.

I don’t disagree. But the tweet says “biological parents”. I’m assuming your DC know that their two female parents aren’t ‘biological’ (which to clarify wouldn’t make you any less parents, more so than the sperm donor).

For all I know my DC's biological 'parent' (ie the sperm donor) May identify as a woman. I'm pretty sure he doesn't but who knows anymore in the current climate 🤷🏼‍♀️

Then there's also the reliable old favourite - which one is likely to die first?

@SapphosRock

For all I know my DC's biological 'parent' (ie the sperm donor) May identify as a woman. I'm pretty sure he doesn't but who knows anymore in the current climate 🤷🏼‍♀️

What's that got to do with anything? I bet you can make a fair guess as to the general type of hormones, genitals etc the sperm donor had, which is what the person quoted in the OP pretends to be so clueless about.

Gormless sophistry 🙄

I think its supposed to be a gotcha

I've seen pictures of my mum breastfeeding me. I've seen my dad get out of the bath and stride around looking for a towel. I've seen my stepmother's scar from her cesarean section. I changed my siblings' nappies when they were babies. I'm 100% sure what sex every member of my family is. And given that my 3 year old asked me straight up today why he had a willy and daddy had a willy but me and his sister didnt, I'm pretty sure he knows what sex we all are as well. I'm baffled and saddened by the idea that anyone would have such a limited relationship with their parents that they had no idea which sex they were. Although frankly any one who claims that is either extremely thick or deliberately disingenuous. Or both.

I had a fairly limited relationship with my father since he left the family home when I was very young. I’ve never seen him anything other than fully dressed. I’ve never even seen him in swimming trunks or wrapped in a towel. Still 100pc sure of his sex though.

I would be really quite angry if one of my children denied the reality of my experience as their female parent like this.

Even if your bio parents had both since had cross sex hormones and surgery you would still unambiguously know their sex.

Even if you are a foundling of unknown parentage, the one thing you would know for sure about your bio parents was that one was a man and one was a woman.

I'd like to know how she knows their gender. Does one of them always wear pink and the other blue? Or is it hair length?

@Datun

There are 6,500 differences between men and women. If, from birth, you have grown up with one from each category, and you're not sure which is which, perhaps you should go to specsavers.

The stupid is sapping my will to live.

@Datun

I'd like to know how she knows their gender. Does one of them always wear pink and the other blue? Or is it hair length?

My DD had long hair when he was younger, my DM has worn her hair short for the majority of her life.

Thing is, their gender identities based on their sex, neither are stereotypes were irrelevant when it came to them having sex and conceiving me.

If that tweet is supposed to be a gotcha then GCSE biology has a lot to answer for.

I've just seen she's got a PhD in Anthropology.

Immaculate conception and birth via the ether, fed by the fae and maybe poor eyesight is what’s caused this un-knowing of biology?

They have it ass-backwards: since the people in question are their biological parents, they should know for sure that one is female and one is male.

The gender of their parents, on the other hand, well that’s anyone’s guess. That would of course be down to how they identify. I’m surprised that someone as in tune with trans issues as the Twitter poster, hasn’t simply solved the problem by ensuring they declare pronouns before commencing any kind of dialogue or interaction with their parents. That would keep all concerned abreast of all parties’ chosen or assigned gender identities at any given time. As we all know, gender is fluid and can change from day to day and from context to context so declaring pronouns is the only possible way to ascertain how someone self-identifies in the moment.

Even in those rare cases where the couples are both transgender, and the female "dad" grows a beard, a low grade moron can still tell from the way each parent walks, the shape and thickness of their bones, and a million other things.

I asked DS (16) if he knows the sex and gender of his parents.

He is pretty sure we are male / female (and which is which) but isn’t certain about my ‘gender’ as it’s a prescribed list of sexist stereotypes that I really don’t adhered to. Good lad.