By repealing President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 executive order (EO) banning racial discrimination in hiring for the federal government, Donald Trump has proudly proclaimed his intention of Making America White Again, at least with regard to political power and economic opportunity.Another EO Trump sig...
  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
    42·
    5 days ago

    Another [executive order] Trump signed this week proclaims that our sex identity begins at “fertilization” when, in fact, sexual development doesn’t begin to start until at least the sixth week after fertilization.

      • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        For those not aware, this is because Dumbfuck’s executive order defines a person’s sexual identity “at conception”. At conception, human zygotes are all female.

        • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
          31·
          4 days ago

          …that’s not how that works.

          Early stages of development are bipotential, which means they could develop either way, they’re not initially female.

          Around 6-7 weeks, if carrying a Y chromosome carrying the gene SRY, they develop into testes. If there are two X chromosomes, then ovaries develop.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        16·
        4 days ago

        Nobody fucking cares though about your “lol technicality” shit. They will do what they were going to do with it regardless of the words that they used.