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The Glorious Victories of Trans Athletes Are Shaking Up Sports

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zanahoria · 29/10/2019 19:10

www.wired.com/story/the-glorious-victories-of-trans-athletes-are-shaking-up-sports/

this stuff keeps sounding more like 1984

does the author have any idea how ridiculous they sound?

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NewNameGuy · 29/10/2019 20:55

I had assumed this was a sarcastic headline and they were referring to how these MEN are peak-transing the country.
Doh

BeMoreMagdalen · 29/10/2019 20:52

How athletically outstanding can a girl or woman be before we no longer see her as female?

Holy shit. That is next level jaw drop.

Qcng · 29/10/2019 20:51

Yeah.... No.
The suicide line is trotted out, transwomen feeling better about their body after years in the wrong body, by competing against women in their sports, just....
Not. Women's. Problem.

ContessaLovesTheSunshine · 29/10/2019 20:41

These days, the more athletically outstanding a woman/girl is, the more likely I am to query if they are male. I don't quite think that's what the writer was driving at though!

TemporaryPermanent · 29/10/2019 20:33

I thought it was no more awful than many other articles I'd read - at least it included testosterone levels accurately, though it was still highly partisan on all fronts - until the last sentence which absolutely made my jaw drop and revealed the author to be attempting to twist reality far more even than Id realised.

I would wonder what on earth was happening in journalism. Except I can see what's happening to Allison Bailey, Professor Selina Todd, Raquel Rosario-Sanchez and Dr Kathleen Stock and others. Attempts to cut off their ability to earn a fucking living and eliminate their memory and experience from society. I was afraid to go to the WPUK meeting on Friday because I work for the NHS and it's easy to find me (nothing happened, all was fine). The attacks and the fear they engender really beggar belief. The bravery of those women.

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