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:
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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.
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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.