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McKinnon targeting Kelly Holmes

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Sexnotgender · 07/03/2019 09:42

McKinnon is going after Kelly Holmes now and has tweeted @iamspecialized who Kelly has a sponsorship deal with Angry

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Courday · 07/03/2019 23:00

"Martina has been made aware of the CC. I saw her commenting on some tweets."

What Martina does with the cc information she was exposed to will be facinating. Pretty sure I saw AfterEllen (the only genuine lesbian website we have) writers trying to contact her.
Martina has the power to blow this whole thing open and shame groups like Stonewall/autostraddle etc.
I would understand though if she chooses not to get involved though, dealing with the fallout from the sports aspect must be difficult enough (I can dream though).

Courday · 07/03/2019 22:56

Specialized need to play this carefully. Dropping someone of the calibre and good name as Kelly (who is universally loved here) on the basis of unwarranted claims from a bullying misogynist is not going to go down well in the UK
Did Garmin respond to McKinnon's tweet at all?

Needmoresleep · 07/03/2019 22:52

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6784175/Dame-Kelly-Holmes-receives-backlash-objecting-trans-athletes-competing-against-women.html

Covered fairly well by the Mail, though curiously the article is written by their senior showbiz correspondent.

PreseaCombatir · 07/03/2019 22:33

Nah, it’s missong the pink holographic streamers from the handles 😉

OvaHere · 07/03/2019 22:29

Does RMK ride a women’s bike? Perhaps that should be a rule if transwomen want to compete in women’s cycling.

It should look like this just so all the photographers very clearly understand they are photographing a woman.

McKinnon targeting Kelly Holmes
WokerThanWoke · 07/03/2019 22:19

Does RMK ride a women’s bike? Perhaps that should be a rule if transwomen want to compete in women’s cycling. Doesn’t work for other sports though sadly.

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Sexnotgender · 07/03/2019 21:59

Real women play fair, I love it!

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 07/03/2019 21:57

The last line of Tessa Sanderson's tweet has slogan potential: real women play fair.

SanFranBear · 07/03/2019 21:57

I love that video, Alec... proper badass indeed!

happierever · 07/03/2019 21:54

I've emailed and I never normally do anything like this I am not even on the feminist boards usually but I am disgusted

MhairiV · 07/03/2019 21:47

Radio silence from Specialized and they're still getting hammered on Twitter.

PreseaCombatir · 07/03/2019 21:39

It’ll be interesting to see how specialized react now

AlecTrevelyan006 · 07/03/2019 21:00

Kelly is proper badass

OvaHere · 07/03/2019 20:16

Ova, sorry. What is CC?

Yes, cotton ceiling. Sorry lazy shorthand.

silentcrow · 07/03/2019 20:07

Laughing my head off at that Specialized thread - it's not just the cyclists but the triathlon community they're pissing off (I know this because several of my tri friends have commented!).That's a very profitable sector they could lose. It would be great to see high profile triathletes like the Brownlees speak up; Chrissie Wellington (4x World Ironman champion) has already retweeted FPFW and seems to do a lot for women's sport. God knows she went through the mill - her biography is well worth a read.

I see Lucy Gossage has carefully said "I'm not talking about intersex or trans on Twitter as it's too easily misconstrued". Interesting tactic.

JessicaWakefieldSVH · 07/03/2019 20:04

Cotton ceiling

Needmoresleep · 07/03/2019 20:03

Ova, sorry. What is CC?

Datun · 07/03/2019 19:50

Martina has been made aware of the CC. I saw her commenting on some tweets.

That really is the beauty of all this.

Once you get annoyed, and you will, you start to look. And then it's game over.

BruceAndNosh · 07/03/2019 19:45

Kelly Holmes is a Legend.
McKinnon is a Bellend.

OvaHere · 07/03/2019 19:40

Martina has been made aware of the CC. I saw her commenting on some tweets.

TopBitchoftheWitches · 07/03/2019 19:37

Has anyone mentioned to Sharron, Kelly and Martina about the cotton ceiling and also access for trans gender (not trans sexual) people to ours and our daughters spaces?

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Sexnotgender · 07/03/2019 19:28

I agree Datun, they are a one man peak trans machine.

They are a truly repulsive individual, but it all serves to show as you say exactly the conclusion of allowing men into women's sports and spaces.

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Datun · 07/03/2019 19:18

Yes McKinnon is a disgusting individual.

But they win my Sherpa award hands down.

It's awesome that McKinnon is determined to show everyone exactly what kind of person is going to loophole the fuck out of this legislation.

Needmoresleep · 07/03/2019 19:14

Brilliant. Some great sheros. Black, lesbian, blond, whatever. Women standing up for women and girls. Love them all.

EcclesThePeacock · 07/03/2019 19:13

Dear lord, I just noticed on the sidebar of a twitter page that RM's description includes 'public intellectual'.Confused