Other Americans: “You mean Supreme Court might go after more rights?”

Knowing it was coming still didn’t really prepare me for the gut punch. I just feel so powerless today (today? For a while now) with the rapid fire attacks from the completely untouchable lords on high. I am glad I live in a relatively reasonable state, but seriously. As I read somewhere else recently, the Supreme…

These studies are not on athletes and do not measure athletic ability. Simple strength alone is not a marker for ability. This assumes all competing people are of similar size and weight. That’s a pretty unscientific assumption to make which is why studies like this are continually shown to have biases that don’t pass…

Just so everyone is aware: rules like this make it so that children are forced into pelvic exams to play sports. Is that really what we want?

It is anti-science to decide that what a doctor thought your genitals looked like when you were born is a better test of abilities than any of the measurable things we can test like height, weight, muscle mass, strength, stamina, speed, limb length, lung capacity, reflexes, etc etc etc. To decide that every woman who…

is the argument that people who go through a male puberty would have an unfair advantage in female sports so outlandish?

All I have to say is, all the athletes speaking out are all the same shade of mayo.

You’re so close to the point that it’s painful - the existence of intersex people and the growing number of people identifying as trans or nonbinary creates a compelling case that dividing athletes by what genitals they were born with is stupid and unscientific. There are plenty of ways to measure weight, height,…

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…

What am I not addressing?  I am confident I addressed your argument, but feel free to point out what I failed to address.

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…

The problem still doesn’t exist. Laurel Hubbard finished DFL in Tokyo. Lia Thomas won the national championship in the 500, true - but she finished 5th and 8th in her other two events. Her best times this year were far slower than her pre-transition times. The narrative that it is unfair to let her compete doesn’t…

Yeah...sure there have been studies that the alleged advantages of trans women basically dissipate in less time than competitive sports require testosterone levels to be suppressed below the levels accepted for cis women -- there are also studies that make different comparisons to situations less relevant to reality…

I’m not entirely sure that’s even true as relevant here, but in any event, they’re women, I’m not sure why women should be excluded from activities that are specifically for women.

I am beyond horribly disgusted by how many stars these transphobic comments have. This is not a safe place for anyone who isn’t cis.

It’s not wrong to hypothesize that transgender women athletes who went through male puberty have a physical advantage over cisgender women athletes. It’s dead wrong to say outright that they do, because the evidence isn’t there for it. It’s even more wrong to say that “science” backs that up, because there hasn’t been…

Why would women compete in the men’s division?

All of this shit is basically a solution in search of a problem, caused by some disgruntled athletes who I guess think they have a right to first place, and ultimately serving the right’s agenda to rid this country of any visible/out LGBTQ+ people. It’s astonishing that one swimmer who had one excellent college…