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More idiocy from Wales

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Chersfrozenface · 05/04/2024 08:48

Hot on the heels on New Zealand, Wales enters the lists.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68731593

Some selected paragraphs.

"Europe's biggest annual LGBTQ+ multi-sports event will be held in Cardiff in 2027.

The Welsh capital will be the first UK city to host the EuroGames."

"The EuroGames tournament is governed by the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation and is a "sports for all" event, meaning it is open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, age and skill level.

"Charlotte Galloway, chair of Cardiff Dragons, Wales' first mixed gender LGBTQ+ football club, said all athletes can compete as their "authentic selves".

"People are allowed to identify and play in their authentic gender," she said.

"So that means that trans women can play in the women's category and trans men can play in the men's category - I think it's really important that we're able to do this because there's no other competition that's this big in Europe that allows gender non-conforming people, trans people and non-binary people to compete this way."

Still, it's clear what exactly this is.

And all those women who are fiiiiine with changing and competing with men can participate, knowing what the terms are. After all, it's not the winning that's important, it's the taking part.

Members of Pride Sports Cymru

LGBTQ+: Cardiff becomes first UK city to host EuroGames

Wales’ capital has been chosen to host Europe’s biggest LGBTQ+ multi-sports event in 2027.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68731593

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Abeona · 06/04/2024 17:16

Biscofffan · 05/04/2024 09:14

Forgive me for being baffled at the point of this. Will be interested to see how it works out...🤷🤔

It's an opportunity for men to pretend they're women and play alongside women willing to keep that pretence going. Quite how those women will feel when time after time they're ousted from the podium by men, who knows? The sportswomen I know are really competitive: they're in it to win. It would be interesting to understand what they think they will gain by losing to TWs. What's going on psychologically here? Is the gain of showing how kind they are bigger than the loss of losing?

TinkerTiger · 06/04/2024 17:27

Soigneur · 05/04/2024 09:32

I can't get worked up by this. No-one is being forced to participate. These games don't matter in any way - as far as I know none of the events are qualifying or sanctioned by governing bodies so it's not like female participants will be disadvantaged in terms of rankings or qualifying points. Participants will be completely self-selected and no doubt fully signed up TRAs.

We need to focus on fairness in official sport: FIFA, WA, World Gymnastics, UCI etc. What some private company organising a pay-to-play sports tournament wants to do is their own business.

Agree with this. You don't have to participate or watch.

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