The question, unfortunately, is what are you willing to trade trans participation in high school/college sports for? It’s an absolute stinker of an issue politically (69% are anti, and even Democrats are split), Republicans are doing a very good job of keeping it in the news cycle, and it will cost Democrats at the…

It’s the left wing’s version of abortion for the right, the issue the other side really really hopes we keep obsessing over and taking the bait on.

Why isn’t this happening the other way around?  Why aren’t mediocre female athletes transitioning and suddenly winning medals in the men’s division?

If you followed Navritilova on Twitter rather than cherry-picking what you figure will gin up the most outrage, you might pick up on a thread that all the “TERF!” labeling of her and others drowns out. Women should be the only ones who get to decide who is a woman. How you “identify” or however deep you are into…

You really don't play sports do you?  She tied for 5th place yes but it was at the NCAA championship.  Do you have any idea how tough it is to even get to that level?  Your scholarship depends on your continued performance.  Good grief. You sound ridiculous. 

Martina is a legend and she has experience

All the gay men and women I know have had the exact same question. As a child I used to play “dress-up” with my sister and her friends. It was fun when I was 5, and to be honest, it still is. Especially as a 6' 2" burly, bearded man who generally dresses like a lumberjack. I spend several weekends every summer at a…

It has become very clear which of us is averse to engaging in good faith here. But once again, great job causing me to be disappointed in my fellow “liberals” by living up to both the gatekeeping and snowflake stereotypes so frequently thrown our way.

So Soft and Low is a troll based on their comment history, and therefore any question they pose cannot possibly be in good faith. I could get on board with that. But then other commenters have the same question, and you don’t seem to think they’re all just trolls, because you’re making the effort to convince *them*…

Jezebel is content to traffic in whatever generates clicks and comments, at least since its relationship with Gawker was dissolved, which I guess we’re guilty of contributing to.

Ask 100 non-binary individuals and you’ll get 100 different answers. Non-binary, at least etymologically, would be the absence of a binary. So those who identify as non-binary would reject the notion of two genders. To some, this might mean they are neither male nor female. To others, it means they embrace both…

You’re right, a woman’s organization excluding someone who DOESNT IDENTIFY AS A WOMAN and then catching shit for it could never cause confusion in good faith. This isn’t, definitionally, a trans issue or an anatomical one...Guzman explicitly doesn’t even identify as female and wants to be in an organization for women.…

So... a student who does not identify as a woman is irate that they can’t be in an organization for women.

Lance Armstrong is a douche and it’s highly probable that his podcast on this subject will be idiotic. But I don’t see where he has yet made the argument that anyone is “identifying as trans in order to gain an advantage in the world of competitive sports.” And that doesn’t have to be the position of anyone who…

Here is a picture of Elena at the 2023 Australian Open. She lost the finals to Aryna, but she remained undaunted and defeated Aryna at Indian Wells. I can see why Julia wants to be like Elena.

This commitment to kayfabe would make Mick Foley blush. Truly inspired artistry. 

My unaborted daughter Julia’s hero is professional tennis player Elena Rybakina. This weekend Julia and I watched Elena trounce Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka to win the championship at Indian Wells. According to Julia, Iga and Aryna are the world’s #1 and #2 ranked players, so this was quite an achievement.

Elena was…

This is a critique of the Democratic left from the actual left, you dope.

Please come back from brunch

Came here to say this.  These headlines are obnoxious.  I guarantee if you go to a right-wing website, you will find the same headlines with the names reversed.