Most of the little Beckies who get up on the podium with right-wing creeps to “tell their story” are talking about being robbed of opportunities, but what that’s really about is future endorsements and money.

That’s because the biggest source of recruitment for the “gender critical” movement has been people who don’t care about anything to do with radical feminism aside from being angry at trans people, but still use their language and their arguments. So the reason you have so many non-radfems being called TERFs is now…

TRANS 👏 PEOPLE 👏 ARE👏WOMEN👏

Look, I understand that sometimes trans guys wind up at women’s colleges before they realize they’re trans, and it would be stupid to kick them out. But a student body comprised primarily of cis women voting on whether or not trans men should effectively count as women? That’s gonna be a no from me dawg, lol

Thank you.

Which is why I and every other trans person I know (ie, people who aren’t terminally online and weird) wish people would shut up and just buy the game. Or not. Literally do whatever you want, but please stop asking me permission to do something you’re going to do anyway lol

Right and that’s what I meant by medical and legal situations: making people can get their healthcare covered even if they’ve changed their gender marker away from female.

TERFS - “You’re not allowed to say woman anymore!”

You’re actually back to 100% activity in as little as 3 months post surgery, which can obviously be spent training while you’re waiting. So yes, it’s definitely guaranteed lack of testosterone that makes the difference.

Yeah basically. Part of the problem is that so much of the framing and terminology has shifted so rapidly, such that the medical and sex aspects of transition get lost in the mix and we forget that “trans women” aren’t a monolithic group - I was still a trans woman before I transitioned, but my body is obviously…

Oh I know, and that’s what makes the whole thing so absurd - even with the rules as loose as they are, at best you can point to several instances where it’s even a question. Meanwhile, in order for us to be performing on an EQUAL level to cis women - not dominating, equal - there would have to be several dozen trans…

It really is absurd watching people assert things that aren’t true, and then go and continue asserting them in other replies because they can’t actually back up what they’re saying.

No I’m glad you asked. Because part of the reason I know it wouldn’t be an issue is because I’ve gone through the process myself and know how quickly and permanently your strength disappears, if you have a good endocrinologist who actually knows what he’s doing - mine had kept my testosterone levels pretty much…

Yeah I’m aware of all those review papers. There’s a million problems with them, including basing their claims on comparing cis men to cis women. But they say “testosterone suppression” because they’re not based on studies on post-op people, because you don’t take testosterone suppression therapy if you already don’t…

There’s literally never been a study that has specifically looked at the athletic performance of post-op trans women, and most studies that have actually directly evaluated athletic performance use the same 5 nmol/L testosterone threshold that most sporting organizations switched to several years ago, that is…

Which is why making the rules so loose was such a braindead political move. We never used to have this problem when the rules required you to be post op for at least two years, because that usually means having undetectable testosterone levels (as I do now), and putting us at a distinct disadvantage, which is why we…

I’m a trans woman and when I’ve pointed out that quibbling over terminology is silly when NOBODY is going to be allowed to get an abortion, I’ve been told that I “don’t get an opinion” because since I don’t have a uterus, I’m not going to be affected by the issue. And considering Amy Barrett does have a uterus, I’d…

As far as I know those types usually consider themselves specifically nonbinary rather than trans in the sense that transsexual people are trans - or at least that’s how it used to work back when it was called genderqueer. Otherwise I don’t understand what people in those situations want out of identifying as trans…

Thanks.

I have no idea why the explanation nowadays is “I’m a woman because I identify as one”. Not only is it an absolutely terrible argument that won’t pass the sniff test to anyone who isn’t already committed to trans people’s validity, it’s not even something that any trans woman actually believes when you actually look…