Poor Emily being banned from cycling again

I'll happily chuck a tenner in the crowdfunder. I'll make it £15 if the fox killer is running it.

So how many TW does Em think are competing in stealth in women's sports? I guess there could feasibly be a few very early transitioners. Still the risk of outing a few males is nothing compared to the wholesale ruination of women's sports.

Tosser. Literally 🙄

Just watched that interview - not sure that the dramatic hyperbole will be received with the normal fawning that these pieces seem to generate? But they did use some nice tinkly music at the end.

I think that meme started with LaVerne Cox of "Orange is the new black" (or whatever the name of the television programme was). It was stupid then and it's stupid now.

I will happily fund Emily if this does go to court. My motivation may not be the same as Emily's.

Bridges expressed concerns about her safety if she were to compete alongside men

But, Emily ...* *

Anyway. Bring the court case! Please televise it! I will sponsor all the support animals needed!

Same time as women ceased to mean adult human female and became anyone who fancies it.

I caught a bit of the interview at work in a patients room and I had to snort that it is "violence against trans people"

When did the word violence change meaning? Violence means physical... well... violence, no? Violence doesn't mean disagreeing with someone by using biological facts that they don't like? Am I being violent towards a flat Earther when I state that the world is in fact, a spherical shape? Is debate now GBH? Arguing over what to have for dinner is assault?

It's not allowed to shove female cyclists off the track, but Killips, a male transitioner, repeatedly got away with that in a race. They is on film using their bike as a weapon to push Hannah Arensman over, and the officials just ignored it.

Thanks to @UltraLiteLife who found the cyclists' names.

That's their go to gaslighting answer to everything. Women defending their rights and their identities are 'violent'. Diddums.

Not to derail, but this volleyball game in Canada is a reminder of where that basketball game can end up. Five male athletes spread across two teams. We have already seen cycling podium finishes with first and second places going to these male athletes instead of female athletes.

But fair eh?

Outrage as FIVE transgender students dominate the volleyball court at a women's college varsity game - as biological females are kicked down to the bench | Daily Mail Online

Transwoman feels unsafe around men = TW is lauded and hailed as brave and stunning. Women are told to shut up, budge up and make room.

Women feel unsafe around transwoman = they are told they are bigots, told to shut up, budge up and make room.

Indeed.
On the same day that we have a thread running where a ftm six-footer on a girls' basketball team leaves three of them injured before the match is even finished. One of the girls filmed writing in pain on the ground as Hulk struts off across the court. Yeah, we know who gets hurt by transwomen in women's sports.

Poor poor poor Emily, having to compete against men.
Bless.

I didn't mean he should have been stopped because he's a male and playing in the wrong game, I meant he should have been stopped for throwing other players on the floor. Is that allowed then? In football it would be a foul, would it not? (I don't know much about football either).

I know stupid idea.

If you "feel " like a Woman that's all that matters,oh and long hair that you can swish around.

Bridges expressed concerns about her safety if she were to compete alongside men

🤣🤣🤣

It was 1984 before there was a women's marathon in the Olympics.

Other events are surprisingly recent for their introduction for women.

I suspect several of these will have been introduced to be ceded almost from their inception. (I'm thinking of the Winter Olympics were several events are comparatively new and women's even more so.)

Does Bridges think no female cyclist has legs even half the size of Sir Chris Hoy's (get well soon Sir Chris) because they are too distracted by hair and make up to train?
Has Bridges not worked out that it is Dame Laura not Sir Jason that has had to work a career around pregnancy, child birth and devastating miscarriage. While I'm sure both Kennys were emotionally affected by their losses I'm pretty sure that like in the Busservice household it was only the female bodied person person that did the physical bit.

I don't think it's a rule that's specific to basketball. I think it's like Catch-22 and can apply to an astonishing range of circumstances.

I think it's the Sacred Caste Exemption: from Parkrun to the Olympics, no activity is too grassroots or so élite that it doesn't apply.

Who'd have thought you should be female at birth to compete in womens sports
Fixed it for you. Sex is determined at conception and is immutable.

However, if the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that the powers-that-be (in some sports at least) and hangers-on (certain Guardian sports journalists) really do think that male women are much more worthy of sporting inclusion than boring old female women will ever be.

Exactly. Women are woefully underrepresented in long distance cycling. How on earth can they monitor how many are taking part if they don’t ask for sex?

I don't actually understand what went on with the basketball. Is it not against the rules to chuck other players on the ground? Why does he get to continue playing instead of being thrown out of the game? (I know nothing about basketball.