By 2050, will development of biotechnology and genetic engineering render term "transgender" useless?
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Now, serious question, because I gained hope in the platform. If complete body(or mind) change becomes easy enough, allowing to have sex same as gender, would it mean that term "gender" is gradually lost, and everyone will be just using body-related terms as they are more obvious?

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just a heads up to traders as I've just come across this market on my home feed: this creator has deleted their account and while it's possible they could undelete at some point, until they do (if they do) they won't be able to provide any clarifying information or respond to any questions.

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Would uploaded minds which have entirely virtual bodies count, even if the technology does not exist for biological humans?

Also, even if it is virtually free to change bodies, it seems plausible that many people would still care about the distinction between having a body that was broadly similar to your body at birth, vs having one that is quite different. How would this resolve in such a case, where e.g. there are large subcultures that both do and do not care about this distinction?

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