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Non-binary & genderqueer people often aren't transmasc or transfem. This isn't to say that transfem and transmasc non-binary people don't exist - they most certainly do - but using only the terms transfem and transmasc reinforces yet another gender binary.

Feminine genders and masculine genders aren't the only genders that exist. Androgynous genders, neutral genders & genderlessness, outherine genders, xenine genders, and aporine genders exist too.

Friendly reminder using a text design from my Redbubble.

[ID: Text on a black background, using the trans and intersex colors. It state the following:

"AFAB/AMAB =/= anatomy!

AFAB/AMAB =/= social treatment!

It only describes the letter on your birth certificate.

Be inclusive.

Say "people with [body part]."

Say "people socially imposed as male/female."

Stop forgetting that surgery, HRT, and intersexuality exist!"

[PT: AFAB/AMAB describes an event, not an identity. /End PT]

AFAB is not a noun. AMAB is not a noun. It is an acronym for an *event* - that event being what was written on your birth certificate. AFAB = assigned female at birth. AMAB = assigned male at birth.

Think about how the acronyms would sound if fully written out.

"AFABS are-" turns into "assigned female at births are-"

...Do you see how weird that is?

"AMAB people-" turns into "assigned male at birth people"

...Which is also grammatically incorrect. It should be "people AMAB/AFAB." Put the people beforehand, not afterwards.

"I'm AFAB/AMAB" turns into "I am assigned male/female at birth"

...Which speaks in present tense about a past tense event. It should be "I *was* AFAB/AMAB."

Also, AFAB/AMAB does not describe puberty, sex traits, or how you are viewed societally. Stop using them that way!

[PT: Also, AFAB/AMAB does not describe puberty, sex traits, or how you are viewed societally. Stop using them that way! /End PT]

"AFAB/AMAB" is only about what was written on a birth certificate.

Intersex people AMAB may have a vulva or atypical genitalia, a mullerian duct (uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes) or ambiguous or no reproductive organs, an estrogenized puberty (breasts, widened hips, higher voice, less body/facial hair, etc) or a androestrogenized or absent puberty, etc.

Intersex people AFAB may have a penis or atypical genitalia, a wolffian duct (prostate, seminal vesicles, vas deferens, testicles) or ambiguous or no reproductive organs, an androgenized puberty (increased muscle mass, deepened voice, more body/facial hair, etc) or androestrogenized or absent puberty.

Even perisex people AFAB or perisex people AMAB may have an alternative puberty or no puberty due to HRT or gonad damage.

Instead of using AFAB/AMAB, say what you mean. Name specific body parts. Name specific puberties. Name specific capabilities.

Use actual words for anatomy. Say mullerian duct (or the individual parts, such as cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, etc), wolffian duct (or the individual parts, such as testicles, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate,) ambiguous reproductive duct (or individual parts also seen in mullerian ducts and wolffian ducts), ovotestes, vulva (or individual parts, such as labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, vagina, urethra,) penis (or individual parts, such as scrotum, phallus, urethra), urogenital sinus, cloaca, ambiguous genitalia (or individual parts, such as clitorophallus, labioscrotum, or previously listed traits also seen in vulvas and penises), breasts, increased muscle mass, thickened vocal cords, etc.

If you're talking about puberty, name the specific puberty (estrogenized, androgenized, androestrogenized). Or say what body part you're referring to (ie; "people with breasts.")

If you're talking about menstruation and reproduction, name the abilities. People who menstruate, people capable of pregnancy, people capable of impregnating others, people capable of ovulation, people capable of sperm production, etc.

The work isn't choosing better categories: it's learning to think without need categories in the first place. I mean- Please Stop trying to shove people into tidy little boxes! I escaped my box!

But how do we help people notice they're thinking in binaries without immediately sorting 'binary thinking' into another binary? This is why I say "labels are traps".

This is a form of backdoor bigotry from both normative facts (there are more straight than gay relationships) and well represented bigoted beliefs (men are superior to women).

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.