Royal Society of Biology - biological sex is transphobic

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twitter.com/RoyalSocBio/status/1314556133051375618?s=19

Another arrogant young intern? Not a good look, anyway.

Please take your transphobia out of our hashtag please. BYE

Such a grown up response, completely appropriate for a Royal Society.

Indeed.

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#iamabiologist who knows that sex is determined at conception, observed at or before birth and is immutable. I also know that #BiologyIsntBigotry and that women are #AdultHumanFemales.

Royal Society of Biology @RoyalSocBio Replying to @TriciaFrasman
Please take your transphobia out of our hashtag please. BYE

That's the exchange. That's what prompted this ludicrously hyperbolic reply from the Royal Society of Biology. I'm tempted to repeat that. The Royal Society of BIOLOGY. The world's going to hell in a handcart.

Oh FFS.

Ah ah! What?

In times like this, what keeps me sane is thinking about Galileo or Socrates.
Sometimes, yes, the whole world is wrong, and no, you're not mad.

Good ratio, though 😁

Eh?
Has anyone emailed their actual head office and told them what their social media people are tweeting to the public? Talk about anti-scientific, ignorant, unprofessional reputational risk...

They’re the Royal Society of BIOLOGY. Acting under Royal Charter...

www.rsb.org.uk/contact-us
www.rsb.org.uk/about-us

A lot of people are getting really fed up of this bs.

How very rude and childish.

Lol. Who the hell did they let loose on their Twitter today??

Oh aren't they just adorable? Thanks for all the publicity kiddo.

Remember no one is trying to erase sex and we are hysterical pearl clutchers.

🤔

#iamabiologist who knows that sex is real and important to womens rights and that acknowledging that Fact does not diminish the rights of trans people in any way.

Science is fucked. The Enlightenment was good while it lasted.

Given the tweet is poorly worded and childish in the extreme I doubt a biologist ever saw it, let alone that it represents some kind of considered view of the society.

It's a trope but I think this really is a case of some poorly trained 19YO being on twitter duty.

Jesus wept. The Royal Society of BIOLOGY

Another intern been let loose on the Twitter feed? What the fuck are universities turning out these days? Because let's face it: only university graduates appear to attain this level of stupidity.

Lysenkoism in the 21st century.

Looks like RSB are the ones who need a Biology Week.

Some poorly trained 19YO

Or someone who has been very well trained indeed by the trans movement.

Organisations should start realising that being young doesn’t make someone a better candidate for working on social media, that it requires skill and shouldn’t be handed to trainees and interns with little life experience.

Oh dear Royal Society if Biology. Totally captured. Are there any science establishments that haven't been? Wasn't it the Astronomical Society last year?

Christ almighty how on earth do they know which “trans people” want oestrogen & which want mastectomies
Unconscious people are entirely without sex which makes many assessments very confusing I suppose
Arrgghhh Sorry but really

mobile.twitter.com/HaukHilde/status/1314626191329030144

The replies to this (admittedly kind of mean-spirited) tweet insisting you absolutely can change sex

• including chromosomes, but only if you're rich
• and that's a fact you'd learn if you were more educated
• and my new tits prove it and I'll continue to write lots of tweets about my tits

...no words

As a biologist...no, you still cannot change sex. Everybody knows that, and no biologist would suggest otherwise.

Is that where Alice ended up then? I was wondering...

Still, the original tweet was a bit out of order to begin with (unless I missed something)

Didn't you know, the world is flat. Oh yes it is. Ffs. Science versus ....?

The original statement:

#iamabiologist who knows that sex is determined at conception, observed at or before birth and is immutable. I also know that #BiologyIsntBigotry and that women are #AdultHumanFemales.

What's wrong with that? The answer is not "but clownfish".

Something about the whole thing seems to be making institutions / people / organisations who should absolutely know better completely lose the plot. What is it? I don't understand.