So anyone who identifies as a woman should be able to to compete in women’s events? Because that is a world in which genetically born women just can’t compete.

Yeah—God forbid we don’t all fall to our knees and kiss the ass of anyone who claims they’re oppressed and therefore anything and everything they say, claim,want or do is righteous and should never be questioned, mocked,argued,disagreed with or countered.

Not really. She’s intersex. She’s not fighting her body to feminize it by taking hormones, but she’s not supplementing her body either through doping. She just is existing as herself. It’s tricky as fuck. There’s a reason men and women have separate categories for racing, and unfortunately there isn’t an in between or…

But by that logic, why doesn’t she compete against men? If she doesn’t fit into the sex binary, and her hormones levels are closer to that of a man, surely that would make more sense? She wouldn’t need to alter her natural testosterone levels at all.

As far as I’m aware, Caster’s testosterone level is three times that of the average woman. If you’re going to allow her to race against women without taking any hormone blockers, what’s the point in separating sport by sex in the first place?

Generalities aren’t what’s important.

For me, the phony attitude part has less to do whether Caitlyn’s transition was “genuine” in any sense, because that’s honestly not any of my business, and more to do with Caitlyn’s conservative politics, which run counter to her identity as a trans-woman. Like she engages in queer baiting to gain support from the…

I don’t know if you’re just being willfully obtuse or are genuinely a few pancakes short of a stack.

Bette didn’t generalize.

Joking about Caitlyn Jenner being a phony is not the same thing as joking about all transpersons.

How could she mind her business when the Kardashian-Jenner family business is to make their personal lives a for profit enterprise? Is the joke that great? No, but she was making a point about those people doing whatever to get $$$$/ratings.

Thinking Caitlyn Jenner is a phony is not transphobic.

She’s a talented singer and showman, in addition to being a pretty okay comedy actress. Her appeal is that she has talent to back up her celebrity, which is a lot more than Caitlyn Jenner can say.

Or they’re saying that her trans identity is fake because she comes off as fake, and has nothing to do with how they feel about Caitlyn’s politics.

And I think BM, though she may have spoke out of turn, seems to gives a lot more of a shit about the LGBT community than CJ.

The problem is that the people she’s tweeting about make their living from making their personal lives our business.

This is like a loop de loop. People telling Bette Midler to get educated about trans rights because she tweeted about Caitlyn Jenner, when Caitlyn Jenner was once a wealthy white Republican man who is now a wealthy white Republican woman who herself needs to be educated about LGBTQ rights...*shakes head* Anyway the…

Is it possible to say something about one trans person without it equating to saying it about all trans people?

Having respect for transgender people and also believing Kaitlin Jenner may be a phony are not mutually exclusive points of view.

Absolutely. Not all porn is equal. Porn that is consensual and safe for the participants (which is the vast majority) is completely fine. The key is to do your homework and educate them.