# Protest against thread closing **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [March 28, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799 "2023-03-28T18:21:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport) #### Post date: [March 28, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799/4 "2023-03-28T18:24:53Z")
> [@I'm confused about gender-identity rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-about-gender-identity-rules/981793): > > Avoiding a further highjack from the [March 27, trans man, initially identified as Female shooter kills 6 @ Nashville Christian school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-27-trans-man-initially-identified-as-female-shooter-kills-6-nashville-christian-school/981720) thread, I do need some clarification: is it the modern rule that a person’s gender identify is based upon their own self-identification from the moment they choose to so self-identify? Or is some surgical and/or hormonal basis in biology required? Or in other words, does trans include aspiring trans? P.S. how does on place notification in the original thread to a… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-against-thread-closing/981799)._