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Transgender policies could alter after hormone research The Times 23 Aug 2019

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AnotherNightWatering · 23/08/2019 17:26

"Rugby and other sports may have to reassess their policies on transgender players after evidence has emerged that muscle strength stays relatively high after hormone treatment, according to a scientific consultant for World Rugby."

I still can't get a share token! But the story's here...
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/transgender-policies-could-alter-after-hormone-research-hwbkb9wzd

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FermatsTheorem · 23/08/2019 18:23

It is possible I suppose. After all, if you were an unwoke sports journalist working at the BBC where being openly GC would be career suicide, I guess the only way to register your opposition would be to go full on Titania McGrath and hope to peak as many people as possible while your superiors didn't twig to what you were up to.

Poe's law - the bane of modern life.

TurboTeddy · 23/08/2019 18:22

Now over to our correspondent in the woods where there are reports of a bear that is no longer constipated....

Literally snorted when I laughed out loud. Thank you for that.

Goosefoot · 23/08/2019 18:18

It's like there's a hidden message within the text, causing anyone who reads it to peak trans!

I thought that too.

MockersthefeMANist · 23/08/2019 18:08

BREAKING NEWS

Turns out blokes are bigger and stronger than girls.

Now over to our correspondent in the woods where there are reports of a bear that is no longer constipated....

ErrolTheDragon · 23/08/2019 18:07

'Brian Minty, who founded the team four years ago, says: "I've always taken rugby as a totally inclusive sport and we're happy to welcome Kelly to the club.
"One of the main things Kelly does is give confidence to the other people around her. We've got a number of people who've only just started playing."
He can't resist a joke, though, adding: "She's going to be a good, good player for the next few years, as long as we can stop her injuring players in training."'

Hil-bloody-larious.Hmm

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AnotherNightWatering · 23/08/2019 17:55

I feel that bbc article is almost a kind of spoof! It's like there's a hidden message within the text, causing anyone who reads it to peak trans!

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BettyFilous · 23/08/2019 17:42

At nearly 6ft she stands out among her team-mates, and club captain Jessica Minty-Madley recounts a time she folded an opponent "like a deckchair".
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/49298550

The rugby unions need to act fast before female players are paralysed or killed on the field. This is not acceptable.

Pota2 · 23/08/2019 17:38

Good.

FermatsTheorem · 23/08/2019 17:29

Fingers crossed. Push people, push.

Need to get composing that letter to the English RFU I talked about. Must be calm, evidence-based, but blistering!

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