AIBU to be disappointed that not every ( active ) member of MN has not taken part in the Olympic committee's trans policy poll thread?

[SurferJet]

It would take two minutes & you have 3 choices - support, protest. abstain.

What's stopping everyone taking part?

Beyond Thank you for the explanation. I have an opinion but not enough to be bullied into taking part in a useless poll.

This is a very strange thread. It seems many people responding have no idea what the op is referring to and are just having a knee jerk response to the word 'trans'. Weird. Missing something important guys.

Loads of people don't care about trans ishoos or sport.

I'm not sure what this poll hopes to achieve. It's just people commenting. I might be bothered to respond to something more official.

gamer it shows a lack of knowledge of the debate to refer to the anti-trans lobby as being 'aggressive'

Trans activists regular wish rape and death on 'TERFS' and their children. Addresses, phone numbers and workplaces have been published to facilitate abuse

I've been involved in the debate since 2012 and the most 'aggressive' anti trans thing I have read is that trans women are men

Missing something important guys.

In your opinion. People have the right to disagree with you.

You don't get to decide what is and isn't important to other people.

I love certain sports but women's sport sucks - whether the participants are biologically women or not it's still going to suck.

To be clear though, I have no interest in trans issues. Yes, the subject bores me.

If you did want to discuss it wombat, there are two threads running atm apart from the poll, one in site stuff amd one in aibu (i'd go with the aibu one, theres more discussion)

The people (imo) discussing it have no problem being told why it is a good thing. The only niggle we've had is people saying its good but not explaining (or just coming in and shouting that we are all transphobes). We cant understand the alternate viewpoint if noone tells us what it is!

I agree cavalry

i dont want to sign/post on it

i didnt come here to be told what to do

i dont really care about sport

i dont like this cis thing thats come up

Callie, what do you mean, you don't like this cis thing?

Humpty - most of us are women - yes? So women's rights are important to us - yes? That is what this is all about.

Although surfer despite a very clear declaration of disinterest on this thread, there has been consistent polling on the other thread, which is now almost full. So that's good

FFS, I'm bored with this topic. (And a few dozen others that are soapboxes and even formally designated campaigns on MN, I have so many obnoxious opinions and apathy, you don't even really want support from me...)
I agree that sports should be done on biology not gender ID divisions. When there's a real opportunity to meaningfully cast that vote I'll do it. But no interest whatsoever in MN hand-wringing.

I looked at the first two pages then got bored of scrolling through the same word hundreds of times. If there's interesting discussions on a topic I'll read it, but set up a proper poll or petition.

And stop telling me as a woman what I should and shouldn't care about.

A lot more people have now posted on the poll thread, so it obviously wasnt umm, obvious enough to them before. Which goes back to maryz issue with trending active threads and also to the people who said they wont click on anything with trans in the title.

Once more for luck its not a trans issue, its a womens issue

MN hand wringing

Yes, exactly this.

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That's great news!

& thank you everyone for taking the time to reply. I'm sorry I wasn't perfectly clear in my opening post & for not providing the appropriate link ( was posting in a slight hurry ) but thanks again.

FrankNstein
Each individual sport makes its own regulations.

Thanks. I think most people, including me, had overlooked that rather significant detail.

Good work op, lots more activity on the polling thread. I think it's important, although realistically what can a MN thread do?

lljkk the point of the poll, I think, was to demonstrate the strength of feeling to MN. As they had expressed that opinion was divided.

I think the OP, had expressed the wish for amn MN campaign. MNHQ have commented to say that isn't happening as it is polarising. But they are trying to organise webchats with Olympic IOC, Maria Miller, Clare Balding and others to try and get voices heard. It seems the panel that made this decision did not have an advocate for women and consisted mostly of men and trans-women/advocates

And stop telling me as a woman what I should and shouldn't care about

That about sums it up.

I don't think anyone is telling you to care; but asking you to care