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Two boys take 1st and 2nd place in Connecticut girls' 100m sprint

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OrchidInTheSun · 07/06/2018 11:30

twitter.com/GameTimeCT/status/1003739370736816129

Isn't that great? Terry has got the fastest ever meet time for a girl! Poor Bridget is now third.

I wonder if Terry and Andraya will now get university scholarships based on their poor track performances when compared to their male peers?

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poopsqueak · 07/06/2018 13:45

This is absolutely infuriating. This poor girls!

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OrchidInTheSun · 07/06/2018 13:41

Just a reminder that if you haven't signed the petition to consult women on gender ID proposals in the UK, please do so: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

or it could be your daughter who doesn't make the national championships in the UK

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 07/06/2018 13:38

'Also, don't they think that eventually girls and women are going to notice and start their own sports teams and races that exclude TIM?'

Worst case scenario is that this simply won't be allowed. Organising such events will count as 'hate' and athletes who take part in them will be banned from all other events and kicked out by their sporting organisations.

After all, look what happened to the Mitchfest women's music festival.

I can imagine women collating lists of female winners and getting banned from Twitter for tweeting them.

I am in quite a gloomy mood today because of pmt but I don't think any of this is far fetched.

FusionChefGeoff · 07/06/2018 13:29

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrhhgggggghhhhhhhhhggggggggggggg

Is all I can actually summon up right now

AngryAngryAngry

Baroquehavoc · 07/06/2018 13:21

The obvious outcome of this is that women and girls sports are going to be dominated by TIM. How will that provide any sort of validation for them if they are competing with other TIM? Also, don't they think that eventually girls and women are going to notice and start their own sports teams and races that exclude TIM?

Lottapianos · 07/06/2018 13:16

'Presumably the boys are getting feted elsewhere and told how stunning and brave they are. Meanwhile, girls are being taught that if you're female you don't count.'

That's the whole issue. EXACTLY. If you're 'trans', you are brave and beautiful and marvellous and fabulous and must have exactly what you want all of the time because you say so. If you're female, you count for nothing, so best just shut up and get out of the way. I am so sick of the whole fucking farce, although I agree that it's good that stories like this are getting out as they will peak trans more people than a bunch of whining feminists Hmm ever will

SuitedandBooted · 07/06/2018 13:12

Missed pic!

Two boys take 1st and 2nd place in Connecticut girls' 100m sprint
SuitedandBooted · 07/06/2018 13:11

There will hopefully be more of this.
How can any fair-minded individual expect parents and their daughters to accept this? Particularly in the USA, where sports scholarships can be life-changing?

Two boys take 1st and 2nd place in Connecticut girls' 100m sprint
LastGirlOnTheLeft · 07/06/2018 13:11

Oh - and well done to Bridget the winner of the girls' race!!

LastGirlOnTheLeft · 07/06/2018 13:10

This makes my blood boil!! I'm seething at these two cheats and the stupid, evil people allowing girls to be treated like this! The ONLY good thing is that it is this sort of ridiculous, insane stuff that will lead people to utterly reject the trans movement!

speakingwoman · 07/06/2018 12:52

not good.

LangCleg · 07/06/2018 12:44

This is shameful. And in the USA, where sports scholarships can decide whether you get to university, TIM have a strong motive to compete against girls.

EXACTLY. The US system is set up so that sports provide access to higher education - this is an important plank of social mobility there. It's unconscionable to allow males to compete with females.

SouthernComforts · 07/06/2018 12:42

What an absolute farce Angry

OvaHere · 07/06/2018 12:39

This is appalling and tragic for these girls hoping for scholarships, I understand supporting achievement is a big part of getting a college place in the US.

I could never support my sons cheating in such a misogynistic way.

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UpstartCrow · 07/06/2018 12:38

Disgusting Angry

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 07/06/2018 12:37

This is shameful. And in the USA, where sports scholarships can decide whether you get to university, TIM have a strong motive to compete against girls.

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 07/06/2018 12:35

AngrySadAngrySadAwful.

SameTerfDifferentUserName · 07/06/2018 12:31

This is appalling! Def one for AIBU Angry

SpareRibFem · 07/06/2018 12:29

This is going to kill women's sports 😡 It took women a long enough struggle to be able to get their own sports and now we've lost it 😢

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 07/06/2018 12:27

Presumably the boys are getting feted elsewhere and told how stunning and brave they are. Meanwhile, girls are being taught that if you're female you don't count.

NotMeOhNo · 07/06/2018 12:23

Absolutely shameful.

SweetheartNeckline · 07/06/2018 12:21

Those poor girls. Those trans id-ing boys have stolen their places from them. I don't blame the children; the rules are unfair.

nauticant · 07/06/2018 12:14

Good. We need more of this to respond to "that will never happen" narratives.

GeordieTerf · 07/06/2018 12:13

It's not really the boys' fault though. I feel a lot of adults are pushing this onto kids.

FermatsTheorem · 07/06/2018 12:12

Or do what Jaiyah Saelua does www.shortlist.com/entertainment/sport/the-worlds-first-transgender-footballer/73823 and play men's football (to international level - though admittedly American Samoa don't tend to do that well) while being out and proud as a transwoman. That, I can admire.