
Conference cancels panel on biological sex in human skeletons over transphobia fears: Commits a 'cardinal sin'
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American Anthropological Association and The Canadian Anthropology Society canceled an event on the importance of studying biological sex so as not to offend the transgender community.
The event in question discussed "Sex identification whether an individual was male or female – using the skeleton is one of the most fundamental components in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology." Hannah Grossman is a Reporter at Fox News Digital.
One of the speakers who was slated to attend, Elizabeth Weiss, an anthropology professor at San José State University, said in an interview with FOX News Digital that the field has been nose-diving into an "off the rails" agenda, with activists pushing for some facts to be replaced with feelings. As anthropologists have developed more precise metrics to determine the sex of the human skeleton they study in the field, the more they get attacked for knowing and being able to determine those differences, she said.