Biology 101

Aloha ʻAukake (August) a me Lāpule Maika’i kākou (Good Sunday to all) 

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails,
And puppy-dogs’ tails;
That’s what little boys are made of.

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And all that’s nice;
That’s what little girls are made of.

What is happening with the American Medical Association? Have they lost their collective minds? The AMA says, “sex should be removed as a legal designation on the public part of birth certificates”. Requiring sex designation can lead to discrimination and place unnecessary burdens on individuals whose current gender identity does not align with their designation at birth. Namely when they register for school or sports, adopt, get married, or request personal records.

So when you’re born, doctors don’t want to list your naughty bits that defines your gender. Somehow that will either offend the infant that will eventually decide if they [are] a birthing person or not. Assuming that an infant can decide their gender long before puberty. Ten states allow for a gender-neutral designation, usually “X,” on birth certificates. 48 states (Tennessee and Ohio are the exceptions) and the District of Columbia allow people to amend their sex designation on their birth certificate to reflect their gender identities. Meet my cousin Itt.

We don’t know what cousin Itt’s gender is either, but cousin Itt does use gender neutral definitions in Itt’s conversations. I must admit that I find cousin Itt somewhat difficult to understand, but Itt seem harmless enough. 

Unlike these two Itt RINO’s Birthing Persons, it’s not difficult to know who they are. But if we are to assign gender using binary variables in the public portion of the birth certificate, then does that fail to recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity? Are Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality? It seems like doctors have given up on Biology 101. Maybe this is to advance the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Imagine the confusion when your transgender date shows up with a five o’clock shadow in a dress. Why would anyone be ashamed of their gender and want to change their assigned gender from birth? We used to celebrate as individuals who we are. Celebrate that coming of age when boys and girls become men and women. We were proud of who we are. The irony.  

I know when a child is born, they do have physical characteristics of either male or female, and I believe that should be on the public record. After all, full disclosure is the only legally accepted proof of authenticity. “Sarah Mae Smith, MD, delegate from California, speaking on behalf of the Women Physicians Section, said removing the sex designation is important for moving toward gender equity”. I didn’t know we had gender inequality, except for different restrooms, and that’s how it should be in case there’s any confusion. 

“We need to recognize gender is not a binary but a spectrum,” Sarah Mae Smith said. “Obligating our patients to jump through numerous administrative hoops to identify as who they are based on a sex assigned at birth primarily on genitalia is not only unnecessary but actively deleterious to their health.” Wut? This is a medical doctor defining gender as a spectrum? A gamut of genders? Is this like how Fascistbook defines genders?  

Call me old fashion, and make me an old fashion, cause I need a drink after that adventure into gender metaphysics. It was so simple when there was just two genders, and you could always tell the difference between women and men, boys and girls. Now you need a score card with a list of preferred pronouns that hopefully won’t offend cousin Itt’s gender of choice. Life was simple and uncomplicated with just two genders. It’s easy to get along together, especially when you only have one sink in the bathroom. Could you imagine sharing a bathroom with 58 gender options? Where do I find space on the bathroom vanity for my toothbrush? I might as well have band practice in the bathroom. 

Even our chromosomes are binary. Boys (XY) always receive their single X chromosome from their mother while girls (XX) receive an X from their mother and an X from their father. As far as X chromosomes go, what separates boys from girls is not only that girls have two X chromosomes but that only girls have an X chromosome from their father (a paternal X). Are doctors now claiming that there are more than two chromosomes per gender? Is there some (Z) chromosome that we didn’t know about? 

I believe it was third grade when I was taught Biology 101 and learned about the two genders. Even in my classroom, I could tell the differences between boys and girls. The girls had cooties. Later on in life I chased after those cooties. My male raging testosterones preferred Dos Equis Cromosonas when I was younger. 

What’s really sad is this Olympics where so called transgender men, and they are men [XY Chromosomes] are competing against women athletes. As journalist Trish Regan responded to Forbes Magazine about “The First Openly Transgender And Nonbinary Olympians Making History In Tokyo”. “I’d like to meet the young woman who had been training her whole life for this but LOST her spot because a middle age transgender [man] decided it was time for the Olympics”. Indeed, this is gender discrimination against natural females. I tuned out the Olympics for this reason and also the politics that has spoiled the games. Well, at least there’s Scrabble.

Wait? Scrabble is now racist! When did that happen? 

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Today started with passing heavy showers, followed by cloudy skies with occasional passing sprinkles. Tradewinds are brisk today, from the northeast at 8mph with gusts at 22mph. Cloud cover is 45%. Visibility is 10 miles. We got a 19/64, or just under 5/8th inch of precipitation in the rain gauge overnight. Temperatures are in the upper 70’s. Humidity is at 80%. Barometric pressure is 30.07 inch and dewpoint is 78 degrees. UV index is 9. There’s a brushfire in South Kohala that has consumed over 36,000 acres. It has forced evacuations and consumed several structures as of Sunday morning. The brushfire has destroyed several homes in the Pu’u Kapu Hawaii Homelands Subdivision. The fire jumped Highway 190 and is heading in the direction of Waikoloa Village.

Waikaloa Village has been ordered to evacuate. 

The worse part is we cannot donate food and blankets because of Covid protocols. This is idiocy because this isn’t have Covid spreads. They’re treating Covid like Smallpox. Covid cannot be transmitted on objects. Hūpō

ʻAukake ‘Ekahi , 2021

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