ALT AABA ... stand together against the escalating legislation and governance in the United States and across the globe that attacks the existence of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse peoples. We affirm the power of all persons to make the ultimate decisions over what happens to our/their own bodies. We oppose legislation that is rooted in and maintains rigid binary conceptions of sex and gender which impact reproductive justice and access to care for everyone. We condemn the biological essentialism driving much of this legislation. As biological anthropologists, we condemn the historical role of our discipline in producing binaries of sex, gender, and sexuality and are committed to work that enacts a more livable world. We condemn discrimination and denial of healthcare for youth and adults, including care that is gender and life affirming. We stand for the lives of transgender, non-binary, gender and sex diverse, and queer communities.

ALT A cast of the reconstructed skull of Sangiran 17 in a museum exhibit. Photo: Jim Hickcox (CC-BY-NC)

ALT Slide showing a bar graph with early (1968-1983) and later (1997-2012) samples of mountain gorillas from Virunga Mountains. Both male and female samples exhibit an increase of around 40-50 cubic centimeters between samples.