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Jeremy Vine Radio Two - discussing trans in sports

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JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 21/06/2022 11:38

Heads up, this should be worth a listen. Might be worth a call or text if you are feeling eloquent.

The programme starts at 12noon.

Jeremy will play dumb but his Twitter suggests he knows more than he lets on.

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NothingTraLaLa · 21/06/2022 12:43

The BBC sports chap keeps referring to “trans female athletes” competing with “other women” 🙄

WinterTrees · 21/06/2022 12:39

He often gives a platform to extreme porn advocate Jane Fae. I wonder if Jane will pop up to tell Jeremy how hateful and bigoted female athletes are?

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JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 21/06/2022 12:32

Oh yes he always seeks to polarise rather than presenting a measured view but hopefully there will be a good speaker. Perhaps Sharron Davies will participate. We can but hope!

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Musomama1 · 21/06/2022 12:23

Oh dear, it makes a good headline for polarised views but it really does need to be made clear that sport still is and always will be inclusive. Trans identifying men can participate in the men's category, Trans indentifying females still can (and do) participate in female category.

CatsOperatingInGangs · 21/06/2022 12:21

I shouted at the radio “perhaps you’re a woman and like the way this is going!” I shouldn’t listen to him, I know he or his guests will give me the rage

DisforDarkChocolate · 21/06/2022 12:21

I heard his 11:30 chat with Ken Bruce and assumed it wouldn't be worth listening to.

WinterTrees · 21/06/2022 12:16

I've just heard him flagging up this segment. His introductory line: 'Some sports are banning transgender athletes from competing. Perhaps you're trans and you don't like the way this is going...'

Time and again Jeremy Vine pops up on Twitter with faux-wide-eyed comments like 'can someone explain what's going on here?' under videos of black-clad, masked TRAs shouting women down and facing up to them with blatant aggression. Hundreds and hundreds of women reply, saying it's exactly as it looks (and some men reply too, just incase the women's words don't quite penetrate the patriarchal fog in his brain.) He KNOWS. But this is how he chooses to approach this thread on the threat to the safety and very existence of women's sports - by pushing the narrative that men are justifiably upset at having boundaries placed upon them by selfish, exclusionary women.