There are only 2 genders-Male and Female

Thank you for your quick response! There's a lot to unpack so this round will be focussed on rebuttals. . . ---My opponent believes that The transgender suicide rate is 40 percent, And this has nothing to do with discrimination. I asked them to cite their sources. The source that THEY PROVIDED goes on say that the reason these suicide rates are so high is due to DISCRIMINATION. The entire bottom half of that source is focussed on how societal discrimination harms the transgender community. williamsinstitute. Law. Ucla. Edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final. PdfPro: "The idea that 36 percent more transgender people are committing suicide because people are mean to them is ridiculous. It"s not true, And it"s not backed by any science that anyone can cite. ". . . You literally just cited the science that supports that view. "Pro: Why cross-dresser has much less suicide rate? They are not welcome by the society, Too, How come they are all mentally stronger than transgender? "You do realize that cross-dressers are part of the transgender society right? That's why they were included in a study that focuses on transgenderism. Additionally, Not all cross-dressers have Gender Dysphoria - some are straight and perfectly happy with their current sex. This is probably why they have lower suicide rates than people who are actively having an identity crisis. ---My opponent first argued that intersex people don't exist. They've now back-peddled by pointing out that Klinefelter Syndrome is limited to men. I would point out that there are dozens of other types of intersex conditions and hermaphrodism. Just glance through this wiki page. "Gender" is not as cut-and-dry as you think it is. Scientifically speaking gender is more accurately described as a spectrum rather than binary. Hence the term, Non-binary. https://en. Wikipedia. Org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development---Pro: "It is not even true that bullying causes suicide, According to a lot of studies. "Show me one study that directly claims bullying does not increase suicide rates. You've said that the black community has a lower suicide rate than white people, (therefore only two genders? ). Institutional oppression is not the same thing as individual bullying. Some black people are doing great. Some are not. If you focussed that statistic to black people that are specifically being bullied you would have a different result. Transgender people are bullied and discriminated against. If you really want to argue against this point that's fine, But I'll forewarn you that the data is not on your side (as we've seen with the study you just posted). ---Pro: "How many gender-neutral pronouns are we supposed to make if you maintain that there are an infinite amount of genders? "People are allowed to name their child anything they like. How many human names are there? Infinitely many? The Oxford dictionary added 1100 new words last year alone. The notion that adding a few extra words to the dictionary will somehow plunge humanity into darkness is absurd. ---What color are my eyes? You still haven't answered the question. You first claimed that the eye color changing surgery didn't exist, Then you back-peddled and said that it doesn't matter. Pro: "It's like you saying that I can cut my hair or that I can amputate my hand, Hence DNA is malleable. "My entire point is that your DNA stays the same, despite your body changing. If you demand that gender be strictly male or female because "biology says so", Then I demand an answer to the question: Would you call my eyes blue, Despite the fact that my DNA says my eyes should be brown? ---Pro: "How many toilets are we supposed to make if you maintain there are an infinite amount of genders. "Three. Public washrooms for men, Public washrooms for women, And the occasional private washrooms for anyone, Of any gender, Including intersex and non-binary people. This is a bit off topic though. ---Pro: "You think that gender is a social construct? Let's digress for a little while. Tell me, Do you believe that there is a gender wage gap in workplaces? "Yes, Gender is a social construct. Society constructs the meaning of words as a group. Sometimes those meanings change over time. Money is a social construct. The concept of a "currency" only works because we all agree that money has value. Laws are a social construct. Laws are defined by society; laws are constantly being rewritten and reinterpreted. Laws only work because society agrees to enforce them. Language is a social construct. We only have language because we all generally agree what words mean (except in this debate haha) Gender is a social construct, And society has changed the meaning of the word to be different from biological sex. The gender wage gap comment leads to another interesting debate, But it's way off topic. I'm going to avoid the red herring, Especially considered this debate is almost over. ---Thank you for reading.