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[PaulP]

Australia is already poorly funded for Research and R&D, every dollar is critical, we can't afford to waste them.

Repeat that scenario across similar activities, and it adds up, much of it because of some demand for a pronoun, or robbing hard fought research funds to cover for mental health issue. It's a proper tragedy

PS; Now I'm a rose petal, I demand equal funding for research into my botrytis blight!

None of which has any bearing on the handful of folks who would fail to match your exacting criteria for identifying as a female, and would according to you, be diverting funds from........what exactly ? Let me guess. "Real women" ? I'm really not sure why you or anyone else feels qualified to judge someone else's gender identity or sexual orientation. I guess social media has seen an unprecedented increase in the rise of the insta-expert.