Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho won her fourth gold medal in a row although she dropped down a weight level this year. Barring the
Maroulis upset, Icho’s compatriot Saori Yoshida would have joined her but ended up with a silver to go with her three golds.
In all, Japanese women were in five of the six women’s wrestling…

PENNY OLEKSIAK.

You forgot Caster Semenya breaking the record for sheer volume of white tears generated for a single track event.

Yes, speculating that she has internal testes or XY chromosomes is complete bullshit.

As far as I’m aware, Caster’s testosterone level is three times that of the average woman.

Her identity and credentials don’t actually make much difference here - without testing, it’s ridiculous to assert based on merely appearance that someone is intersex. It doesn’t matter who is making the claim, but to assert that people are probably or potentially intersex is stupid, since it is based on nothing more…

IIRC, Semenya is XY and has internal testes.

Gee, I can’t imagine why these three would be singled out or have in common:

LADY SPORTSER DOESNT LOOK PRETTY LADY ENOUGH

That’s such bull - “potential” intersex and “probably intersex” are such a weasely way of being discriminatory against people who don't fit into the gender binary the way some narrow minded people demand they do. It's said without evidence and is just baiting.

That is speculation as the results of her tests have never been made public.

That’s complete speculation. We don’t know that. You don’t know that. Possibly Caster Semenya and her doctor know that, but they haven’t released that information.

I’m not sure what effect it would have ven if it were definitely true, but as it is, it’s not. I might as well make decisions aout this case on the basis…

bc someone’s salty is the likely basis

Agreed. Ugh, this leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. This woman’s argument is all about how they all feel together, they know how they all feel, feel feel feel all the fucking feels. Yet, not once does this trick even bother to think about how Semenya feels. That her very fucking existence is being challenged,…

“I’m sure if she transitions back that you will come back here and admit to everyone that you were wrong.”

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That whole “crossdressing is a fetish” thing is routinely used to dismiss trans people’s identities and it’s super fucked up. Gender=/=sexuality, and gender identity is not a fetish.

i can’t believe how everyone is speaking over you right now.

Just say she’s a phony! Say she got a divorce for ratings! Say she lied about whatever, as long as you don’t say “She isn’t trans because she’s a liar.” Don’t misgender her. Don’t imply that she went to the massive expense and the massive emotional journey of transitioning in order to get attention. That makes light…

Generalities aren’t what’s important. The basis of her joke was that Caitlyn Jenner’s trans identity is a costume that she put on for ratings. That is predicated on the idea that transitioning is easy, fast, and reversible. She’s punching down, and you’re excusing her.

I'm not trans but I'm horrified by Bettes tweet and the people defending it. There is nothing cute or funny about misgendering people. I'm shocked at the amount of people defending Ms. Midler in the comments here.