Sorry, sport and trans again

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I just had a WTAF moment watching the olympics. The most glaring reductio ad absurdum of the whole thing. Watching the (genuinely) women's speed skating. There is apparently a controversy going on about whether one of the skaters should be allowed to do her hair a certain way (on top of her head underneath the lycra hood to produce a kind of fin effect). The authorities are asking whether this gives her an unfair advantage by significantly altering the aerodynamics of her silhouette.

So - we're gonna police women's hairdos in the interests of fairness, but a bloke in the weightlifting world championships? Nah, that's fine mate.

The world really has gone stark staring bonkers

Twitter is ace. People peaktrans before your eyes.

Peaktrans is now a recognised word on my phone.

I made a FB post about Hannah Mouncey and I’ve been shared over 100 times and translated into at least one other language. Largely supportive, mix of females and males. Obvs, a fair few words of support from feminist friends.

MaidOfStars, that post is wasted on this thread - it's too far down for enough people to read and everyone in the entire world should read it, especially the members of the IOC (all bar one male-bodied, obviously ).

If you don't mind, I've bookmarked it to c&p it onto the next "sure as long as their testosterone levels are lowered a little bit they are women" thread.

I haven't dared Twitter yet.

It’s on a FB post I made that is being shared widely (well, widely for me - 122 shares and one Spanish translation :) )

I’ve only been called ‘transphobic’ once (and even then, ‘accidental’), had one mention of TERF, and one ‘bigot’ (she later apologised).

I’ve got female friends saying that they have been waiting for a chance to discuss/be brave/etc, which is good! My friend cohort are largely academic scientists and medics so I’m confident that can deal with anyone questioning the physical differences between males and females.

If you want to comment on Facebook, I can PM you the link.