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Are there more than two genders?

Whether binary or a spectrum, innate or a construct, or soon to be irrelevant, gender is one of the most divisive questions on the world's lips. Are there more than two genders? What are the sides to the gender debate?

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Yes, there are more than two genders

Gender expression is not exclusively male and female. There are many forms that reside on a spectrum. This spectrum offers tremendous freedom to transgender persons as well as to people born intersex.

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No, there are only two genders

While it can be socially influenced, gender has been shown to be biologically compelled. Even when raised the opposite sex, an individual will still find the urge to behave in line with their born gender. Transition surgeries and therapies are meant to bridge gender incongruity, but result in higher suicidality.

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We should strive for a genderless world

This position holds that society should strive for a genderless world. Drawing on postgenderism, it argues that gender and gender roles in all their forms are a narrow lens on human experience that constrains people and prevents them from reaching their full potential.

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Gender is not the point

The trans movement is being weaponized by radical activists with a political and social agenda. Gender and identity are secondary to the end goal of coercing conformity and controlling free speech.