TRAs protest at women's rugby training

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www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2022/08/11/trans-activists-crash-england-womens-twickenham-training-session/

TRAs turned up on the training session at Twickenham to express "heartbreak" over rugby's new gender (sic) restrictions.

One of the protesters, 46 -year-old Emily Hamilton, was among 15 protestors waving pink and blue flags and claimed top names in the sport were privately supportive of her cause.

"I'm a Harlequins fan, a transwoman and an ex-player of 18 seasons, but as of last week I'm prohibted from playing rugby now" said the founding co-chair of the QuinsPride supporters group.

No you're not sunshine - you are just prohibited from playing with women. No one is stopping you playing with your own sex.

"It's a heartbreaking situation," the protester added.

Well, boo hoo.

Apparently they are going to go staging protests. "We will not be going away until our voices are heard."

Your voices have been heard, loud and clear and a ban is the result.

I dare say at least some of the women rugby players (Cunty types) have boyfriends and husbands prepared to offer a somewhat more robust rebuttal than bloko harem is used to. Bring it on.

Yes. In their eyes their right to (literally) trample over women's is paramount.

Women's Rights*

Or maybe they should welcome them into the men’s rugby with open arms.

wouldn’t that be kind? And really, why shouldn’t they?

Well we can't have male hearts broken! Best snap women's necks instead

Let's keep this very simple so there is no chance of misunderstanding. "why shouldn't they?" because they are blokes, that's why not.

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God, imagine if you had a time machine from 2012! You'd think everyone had lost the plot.

Let them try and get in the men’s teams, nothing stopping them is there?

Apologies delirium, I misread your statement, I agree, they should be welcome to play with the men.

No worries- I did worry I sounded snippy but I didn’t mean to- just seems to be the ideal solution. A good show of men supporting their trans players, whilst women get on with their own games.

but yeah, I think you’re right when you say “because they’re blokes”. Many men simply won’t see it as their problem.

be interesting to hear why men’s rugby wouldn’t be appropriate. No one can argue transwomen aren’t safe on the pitch without acknowledging the lack of safety for women if transwomen play against them.

How absolutely pathetic and unsurprising

This annoys me, they are absolutely not banned from playing. They are able to play on the mens team, but they'd rather get special dispensation to play with and against women. They couldn't give a flying fuck how those women feel about it all, harder tackles, taking spots, dicks in their changing rooms.

Trans won't want to play with the blokes because they insist on the validation that playing with women gives them. Like that's fooling anyone.

As many people have said, nobody is stopping them playing, just telling them to play in the appropriate sex category, so they don't hurt women and make the game unfair (plus they are men so it makes sense). Unfortunately, that doesn't validate them.

And that’s the argument they will have to make.

and then (hopefully) it will be clear that validation is more important than women’s safety, or privacy when changing and surely that’s an argument with limited sympathy.

I'm assuming what's stopping them is that unfit 46 year olds don't get on the men's teams, whatever else is going on.

But no one likes to mention that.

I mean how many women get 18 seasons? Then to complain they can't have even more? And it's 'heartbreaking'?

The TW featured by Sky News prior to the ban (can't recall the name) that did the Monty Pythonesque warm up trying to make themselves look too weak and feeble to so much as lift a rugby ball, uncoordinated, slow lumbering around - if they were that fucking bad they wouldn't get in any team, pathetic and fooling no-one.

I was shocked that my sister who is involved in the medical side of sports, particularly rugby, retweeted a women's rugby club who were against the ban. The club claims that TW aren't a threat any more than the various female players they know who are 5'11" and 22 stone or whatever.

My sister is really knowledgeable about sports injuries and things like the recent guidance and focus on concussions/head injuries, but is very much a "be kind" person. I on the other hand know fuck all about sports and related injuries (plus I'm a grumpy anti-social twat) so it's not something I can easily debate with her which is frustrating. I just keep sharing my GC stuff in the hope she'll read it and the veil will be lifted.

There's a picture of the 46 year old here www.shropshirestar.com/sport/uk-sports/2022/08/11/were-not-freaks--transgender-activists-protest-against-disgraceful-rugby-ban/

All they can talk about is their feelings, they have nothing else with which to try and convince people to let them play.

Men cannot take no from women

It’s not surprising but seriously

There's a male team who can welcome them

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Yes. In their eyes their right to (literally) trample over women's is paramount.*
Women's Rights

Until I saw your edit, I read that as "In their eyes their right to (literally) trample over women is paramount."

Made sense.

Going on about different sizes as if that is all the science is based on.

Just can't accept that women's sports are for women not men however they identify or feel.

In the Twitter discussion about the Irish rugby “ban” there are lots of TRAs claiming that TW simply cannot play with men because not only would it be outing them, it would be endangering them because of their reduced testosterone. Indeed there are people arguing that the very fact TW would be grievously imperilled should they attempt to play against men because their testosterone is lower proves this is all an evil transphobic plot & not about safety at all.

An argument with more holes than a string vest.