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I found the above links just before the end of the work day while out for a smoke. Thought it would be worth learning about and discussing.

Know little about it at this point, but when my Son was younger (he’s 35 now) if shit was happening in the school with my child behind my back with a conscious decision by others to keep it from me, that wouldn’t have gone over well to say the least.

I would’ve supported him in just about any not completely retarded decision, but I wouldn’t of appreciated somebody else stepping in to decide what I did, or didn’t need to know about my own child.
Well and good. You do understand, I hope, that not all parents are that good?

I mean, you don't need an extensive list of qualifications to be a parent. Basically, you just need to be able to fuck. Literally brain-dead people can do that.
 
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Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity

People who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are, according to the largest study yet to examine the connection1. Gender-diverse people are also more likely to report autism traits and to suspect they have undiagnosed autism.

Researchers often use ‘gender diverse’ as an umbrella term to describe people whose gender identities — such as transgender, nonbinary or gender-queer — differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. Cisgender, or cis, refers to people whose gender identity and assigned sex match.

The results come from an analysis of five unrelated databases that all include information about autism, mental health and gender.

“All these findings across different datasets tend to tell a similar story,” says study investigator Varun Warrier, research associate at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Autistic people are more likely than neurotypical people to be gender diverse, several studies show, and gender-diverse people are more likely to have autism than are cisgender people2,3.

But most previous studies have probed the relationship among people who sought gender-related medical care — often for gender dysphoria, a condition in which the ‘mismatch’ between gender identity and sex assigned at birth causes significant distress. That cohort doesn’t represent the full scope of gender-diverse people, says Aron Janssen, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, who was not involved in the work.

“It’s so vital to understand this question outside of the clinical context,” Janssen says. “A more naturalistic study with this many participants outside of a clinical context really does provide a lot of support for this overlap.”

 

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Well and good. You do understand, I hope, that not all parents are that good?

I mean, you don't need an extensive list of qualifications to be a parent. Basically, you just need to be able to fuck. Literally brain-dead people can do that.
Youll never know. Sad. Enjoy your pizza.
 

Ron in Regina

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The Alphabet Nazis have no idea how far a parent(s) will go to protect their child(ren).

A threatened child will turn the sweetest, meekest most level headed woman or man into a killer in a heartbeat.
I would like to say that’s true for every parent but I know that it’s not, but I’m assuming that it’s true for most!!

The, “We’re Here, we’re Queer, We’re coming for your Children!” Chant rubs me the wrong way as a parent & grandparent.

I googled & The first example I found was from that thing called the “Daily Caller” which apparently is bad, even though it’s video without commentary, so I found a different clip:
Well and good. You do understand, I hope, that not all parents are that good?

I mean, you don't need an extensive list of qualifications to be a parent. Basically, you just need to be able to fuck. Literally brain-dead people can do that.
Yep, I’m very aware of that, & that’s the way I worded what I worded here above.
We can't base the decision of gender on "Feelings" per se, even though that's what most people use as the describing word, because gender is more than feeling. And that branches off into a whole other discussion, I think.
Fair enough.
Find me a video that isn't from a biased news source first. Or I can try to find one when I get home, but again, I am not trusting any video from The Daily Caller.
Here you go. It’s exactly the same clip. Different source. Hopefully we’re both home for the day and done work at this point. 🤞
After being in transition for 30 months. Two and a half years. The required time allowed for trans women before being allowed to compete against other women is just 12 months, so she did a year and a half more.

So by the rules of the NCAA, she could compete.
Same situation with Avi Silverberg. I was wrong earlier and he self identified for a week as opposed to 10 minutes after the event. My mistake. Avi complied to the letter for the rules for that sport as they’re currently written & enforced.
No. There are a few people I know who don't have the same opinion as me and I wouldn't call them either of those, mainly because comments about trans people don't come up in our conversations. If in the odd run of a convo it does and they give their opinion, I give mine, and then it's agree to disagree. But if it's continued and insisted, then yes, I'd call them out for being a bigot or transphobic. Because it's not just an opinion to me, it's people's lives.
This is literally what this Thread is about. Nobody is in this thread to discuss the weather. 😁
And truthfully Ron, despite our differences on this issue, I'd much prefer getting into discussions like this with you over others here. Even when we disagree, it's more 'civil' whereas in other convo's it just gets to being irritating and worse rather quickly.
Ditto. Earlier I’d stated, “To you, men in women’s sports & trans women in women’s sports are to different things.” & you’d responded:
Yes, because one is a man and the other is a woman (or trans women, but still women regardless of the prefix before 'woman')
We were discussing sports specifically. I think the difference here in opinions on this goes back to biological sex and perceived gender in sports.

After chewing on this I might have figured it out. Are the Men’s & Woman’s Divisions based upon their Biological Sex or upon their Perceived Gender??? We might be arguing two different things on this subject.

If you see the Classification being based upon perceived gender (which might even be fluid throughout the day), & I’m seeing it based upon biological sex….which never changes, We might be arguing/debating two different things!
Are you a man just because you say you are?
That’s one of Many factors involved, but probably the least significant one.
Avi IS actually a male, and again, did this to prove a point or some shit. So in his case, it actually was a man powerlifting in a woman's competition. That's totally different.
See, I don’t see the difference between Avi & Anne, so that’s what’s leading me to the conclusion that maybe we’re debating two different things.

In all honesty, somebody here, who lives and breathes sports (& that’s not me) probably already knows this answer, but are the classifications in sport broken down into Female & Male based upon someone’s perceived gender or upon their biological sex? Whoever answers this one, please post a somewhat unbiassed link if it exists to back up what you’re saying.
Uh, well put a stop on that first Ron. Lia is a victim when it comes how she was treated after the competition and the freak out people have over someone winning and someone losing.
Lia is a victim of Lia’s choices. The other woman on Lia’s team are also victims of Lia’s choices. What stopped Lia from competing in the classification of Lia’s biological sex? I don’t think anything but I could be wrong. I’m not that invested in this. If somebody can prove me wrong, I’m cool with that. Seriously.
The fact you say Lia is a "man in a woman's swimsuit" when she is not, when she's historically been transitioning for a while by that time does, yes, put you in the position of being anti-trans, despite suggesting that you are indifferent otherwise.
Lia, in the locker room and in the shower and in the pool, regardless of how Lia identifies at any given time, is a 6’+ tall person with a penis & testicles, who was born as a biological male, went through male puberty, is physically bigger and stronger and longer limbed with with all kinds of biological advantages over the other woman on that team for that particular sport.

The woman aren’t competing against the way Lia feels or identifies, but against Lia with a man’s body. If the sport was equestrian riding or something where the physical advantages of being male are cancelled out, then that would be a different thing all together, but in this case, it’s not.
That's true, and you're one of the few who I find regardless of your position, you do try to be somewhat polite about it. Even when you post right wing/transphobic BS :p
I don’t see what I’m posting as right wing or trans phobic, and you don’t see what you’re posting as an extreme position, either… so again I think we might be debating two different things.
Oh I can agree with that. There could very well be an unfair advantage, depending on the transition and timing of it for the trans woman.
Careful….I think we’re touching onto some common ground here. You don’t wanna catch my anti-trans misogynistic right wingyness.
Well first off, how long was Avi in transition vs. Anne? You said so yourself, "Avi “transitioned/identified as” about 10 minutes before the competition and then “de-transitioned/identified as differently” immediately afterwards."
Avi didn’t identify as a trans woman. The way I understand it he identified as female. He also identified that way for a week instead of 10 minutes, so I was incorrect earlier. He followed the rules of that sport and its governing body, to point out the flaws in the program.
So, Ron, no, no Avi is NOT a trans woman and is not an equal since Anne has been in transition for 20 years. She's even had surgery. So there is NO comparing the two.
Here we agree again! Uh-oh… I concur with your assessment of the situation in that Avi Silverberg is NOT a trans woman.

Anne is transitioning for a couple of decades, and much like Shania Twain, “Man, she feels like a woman!” BUT….

…but is it relevant? I think it all goes back to the classification system for this sport, & is it based upon how somebody feels about their gender, or upon biological sex? I really don’t know the answer to that one either.
And someone could say the same about a woman taking Lia's place in the pool against women.

Winners and losers, someone is taking another's place.
I think the idea and the pushback is about a level playing field or at least the perception of one, and in your opinion, it’s lacking regarding Avi Silverberg.

In my opinion, it’s lacking regarding Avi Silverberg & Anne Andres & Lia Whatever & Fallon Fox & so on. Again, we might be arguing or debating two different things.
And if you insist that a trans woman is still a man, that makes you transphobic.
Ok. Some days I might feel like a racecar driver, but should I be allowed on the Audubon? Again, I think we’re arguing two different things here, and does this go back to biological sex, or perceived gender.

Lia (or Anne, or maybe even Avi at times) might feel like a woman, but…gender wise they all could arguably be women at times I guess…but biologically, not so much.
 

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I think you're seeing the non-trans people as victims and trans people as some sort of oppressors or something.
I think, in competitive sports, all involved become victims of the trans gender woman’s choice to compete against women if it’s removing women from positions that they would’ve obtained without that choice.
As for trans people being the only victims? Depends on the situation. In the case of Lia Thomas - there are no 'victims'.
Here again I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree. If somebody else loses their position or title or a scholarship, due to Lia’s choices to compete against women instead of men….well, see above.
In the case of Fallon Fox? Yeah, the people she fought are victims. Just because I stand for trans people and their rights doesn't mean they all get some sort of free pass.
Ditto. Fallon’s a complete douche-canoe.
In my 'hypothetical' situation above, I'm talking trans men being pushed into women's sports, because they are according to those who are anti-trans, "biological women". It's only hypothetical because it's not been outright done, but it IS what is being pushed for.

Or does it only matter when it's trans women?
I think it’s just very blatant in the situation of trans-woman. In all honesty, I would like to see the female equivalent of Avi Silverberg enter some “Male” classified division of sports, and “identify as a man” for a week (or a day or an hour, whatever) & just crush it!!! As a protest the point things out….But I can’t find any examples of that.
 

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Its too bad there is no such thing as "gender role/ identity" or "social gender construct"
as created by Dr Money. It was a lie then and its still a lie today.

He was a fraud and a pervert.

None of this is reality.

One of the twentieth century’s most controversial sexologists—or “fuckologists,” to use his own memorable term—John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist and sexual libertarian by some, but damned by others as a fraud and a pervert. Money invented the concept of gender in the 1950s, yet fought its uptake by feminists. He backed surgical treatments for transsexuality, but argued that gender roles were set by reproductive capacity. He shaped the treatment of intersex, advocating experimental sex changes for children with ambiguous genitalia. He pioneered drug therapy for sex offenders, yet took an ambivalent stance towards pedophilia. In his most publicized case study, Money oversaw the reassignment of David Reimer as female following a circumcision accident in infancy. Heralded by many as proof that gender is pliable, the case was later discredited when Reimer revealed that he had lived as a male since his early teens.
 
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I found the above links just before the end of the work day while out for a smoke. Thought it would be worth learning about and discussing.

Know little about it at this point, but when my Son was younger (he’s 35 now) if shit was happening in the school with my child behind my back with a conscious decision by others to keep it from me, that wouldn’t have gone over well to say the least.

I would’ve supported him in just about any not completely retarded decision, but I wouldn’t of appreciated somebody else stepping in to decide what I did, or didn’t need to know about my own child.

As TB pointed out, not all parents are good with their kids sometimes. The reasoning behind 713 to begin with was to give kids who are GLBTQIA+ a 'safe zone' where if they wanted to socially transition, or "test the waters" I guess, they could without fear of it getting to their parent(s) who might react badly to it. They could be themselves.

Nothing officially was done, but respecting things unofficially happens all the time. I mean how many kids get nicknames at school that don't go home to parents?

As for other people deciding - well no, it's the kid deciding, actually. The adults in the situation are just respecting the kid's request and considering the known harm that outing a kid before they're ready can do, respecting the kid is the "lesser" of the "evils" of the situation.
 

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Somebody has daddy issues and will never mature I see. What did you do to disappoint him? If you were anything like you are now I'd be disappointed and turn my back too.

Or worse....you tried to hide it then blamed them (parents) and God(church) for having morals?

Just because you have no spine doesn't mean the rest of the confused autistic kids dont. Its not 1985 any longer. Kids are nothing like you were nor are the parents. You really should have had your own kids instead of all the projection bullshit. You'd be a different far far far happier person.

You want to lash out at all the parents who love their kids because you thought yours didnt love you that is really really fucked up.

Why dont you try forgiving yourself instead of blaming dad.
 
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I would like to say that’s true for every parent but I know that it’s not, but I’m assuming that it’s true for most!!

The, “We’re Here, we’re Queer, We’re coming for your Children!” Chant rubs me the wrong way as a parent & grandparent.

I googled & The first example I found was from that thing called the “Daily Caller” which apparently is bad, even though it’s video without commentary, so I found a different clip:

Yep, I’m very aware of that, & that’s the way I worded what I worded here above.

Fair enough.

Here you go. It’s exactly the same clip. Different source. Hopefully we’re both home for the day and done work at this point. 🤞

Same situation with Avi Silverberg. I was wrong earlier and he self identified for a week as opposed to 10 minutes after the event. My mistake. Avi complied to the letter for the rules for that sport as they’re currently written & enforced.

This is literally what this Thread is about. Nobody is in this thread to discuss the weather. 😁

Ditto. Earlier I’d stated, “To you, men in women’s sports & trans women in women’s sports are to different things.” & you’d responded:

We were discussing sports specifically. I think the difference here in opinions on this goes back to biological sex and perceived gender in sports.

After chewing on this I might have figured it out. Are the Men’s & Woman’s Divisions based upon their Biological Sex or upon their Perceived Gender??? We might be arguing two different things on this subject.

If you see the Classification being based upon perceived gender (which might even be fluid throughout the day), & I’m seeing it based upon biological sex….which never changes, We might be arguing/debating two different things!

That’s one of Many factors involved, but probably the least significant one.

See, I don’t see the difference between Avi & Anne, so that’s what’s leading me to the conclusion that maybe we’re debating two different things.

Whoever answers this one, please post a somewhat unbiassed link if it exists to back up what you’re saying.

Lia is a victim of Lia’s choices. The other woman on Lia’s team are also victims of Lia’s choices. What stopped Lia from competing in the classification of Lia’s biological sex? I don’t think anything but I could be wrong. I’m not that invested in this. If somebody can prove me wrong, I’m cool with that. Seriously.

Lia, in the locker room and in the shower and in the pool, regardless of how Lia identifies at any given time, is a 6’+ tall person with a penis & testicles, who was born as a biological male, went through male puberty, is physically bigger and stronger and longer limbed with with all kinds of biological advantages over the other woman on that team for that particular sport.

The woman aren’t competing against the way Lia feels or identifies, but against Lia with a man’s body. If the sport was equestrian riding or something where the physical advantages of being male are cancelled out, then that would be a different thing all together, but in this case, it’s not.

I don’t see what I’m posting as right wing or trans phobic, and you don’t see what you’re posting as an extreme position, either… so again I think we might be debating two different things.

Careful….I think we’re touching onto some common ground here. You don’t wanna catch my anti-trans misogynistic right wingyness.

Avi didn’t identify as a trans woman. The way I understand it he identified as female. He also identified that way for a week instead of 10 minutes, so I was incorrect earlier. He followed the rules of that sport and its governing body, to point out the flaws in the program.

Here we agree again! Uh-oh… I concur with your assessment of the situation in that Avi Silverberg is NOT a trans woman.

Anne is transitioning for a couple of decades, and much like Shania Twain, “Man, she feels like a woman!” BUT….

…but is it relevant? I think it all goes back to the classification system for this sport, & is it based upon how somebody feels about their gender, or upon biological sex? I really don’t know the answer to that one either.

I think the idea and the pushback is about a level playing field or at least the perception of one, and in your opinion, it’s lacking regarding Avi Silverberg.

In my opinion, it’s lacking regarding Avi Silverberg & Anne Andres & Lia Whatever & Fallon Fox & so on. Again, we might be arguing or debating two different things.

Ok. Some days I might feel like a racecar driver, but should I be allowed on the Audubon? Again, I think we’re arguing two different things here, and does this go back to biological sex, or perceived gender.

Lia (or Anne, or maybe even Avi at times) might feel like a woman, but…gender wise they all could arguably be women at times I guess…but biologically, not so much.


I think overall we're a 'agree to disagree' in a lot of it. And that's fine in the end.

I will say this though, when you asked: "In all honesty, somebody here, who lives and breathes sports (& that’s not me) probably already knows this answer, but are the classifications in sport broken down into Female & Male based upon someone’s perceived gender or upon their biological sex?" I thought of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya

She's a woman, lived her life as a woman, but has high testosterone because she's intersexed. She's a woman, competing against women. Even biologically; but for a quirk of hormones. And as stated in the article, she can't take blockers to lower her T because they make her sick. So... where does she compete? Where her biology says she should, or where hormones say she should?

And why would she be different than a trans woman in that case?
 

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I think overall we're a 'agree to disagree' in a lot of it. And that's fine in the end.
Works for me.
Sad story. Must have had a tough life with that extremely rare condition. From the above link:

Semenya is an intersex woman, with 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency,[9] assigned female at birth.

She didn’t’ chose her gender or biological sex, but it was done for her the day she was born.

I’m still not convinced that we’re not debating two different things and thus the extremes in opinion.
….And why would she be different than a trans woman in that case?
Question above & answer below.
She's a woman, lived her life as a woman, but has high testosterone because she's intersexed. She's a woman, competing against women. Even biologically; but for a quirk of hormones. And as stated in the article, she can't take blockers to lower her T because they make her sick. So... where does she compete? Where her biology says she should, or where hormones say she should?
Competitors in these sports aren’t competing against each others “feelings” but against each other’s bodies, and this Caster Semenya didn’t ‘chose’ to be male or female (which is a significant difference between herself and a trans woman). She’s taken her lot in life and making the best of it.

From what you’re saying she is not taking hormone blockers because they make her sick, but she is still not taking hormone blockers, so what’s happening in her body is happening naturally, not pharmaceutically.

Mike Tyson didn’t choose to have fists the size of hams, or a NBA basketball player to be 6’8” tall with size 18 shoes, but it happened and they made the best of it.
 
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