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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic Governor, Says Trans Women Playing Sports Is “Deeply Unfair”

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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic Governor, Says Trans Women Playing Sports Is “Deeply Unfair”

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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Meanwhile, Maine governor Janet Mills is defying President Trump’s executive order.
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    Trans people or any people wanting to play games with their friends should be what society fosters and nurtures as the entire fucking point of society’s existence. Something something… planting trees something something knowing they’ll never sit under…

    Coed teams exist. They’re finding issue with mtf athletes playing against a league of individuals who didn’t go through puberty as a male. That’s clearly an advantage, and to say otherwise is to ignore science altogether.

    Maybe the solution is non-gendered weight classes for sports, or just more coed teams. Idk

    Edit: yall will convince yourselves of anything lol. Really wild the dumb shit some people will say

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      Ah, yes, let’s make laws specifically banning 2-5 children from ever having fun.

      Like… what the fuck is wrong with you that you think a law targeting under 10 people in the entirety of the US is justified and not literally just bullying those kids on a national level to hope they fucking commit suicide? A law to tell 5 kids, specifically, that fuck them and they’re not allowed to have fun is god damn crazy.

      https://www.newsweek.com/how-many-transgender-athletes-play-womens-sports-1796006

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        Having fun is one thing and winning competitions against people you have a biological advantage against is another. It only takes one person to win a championship.

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          This is a really stupid argument. The thing that makes athletes special is their biology.

          There’s a reason that DK Metcalf towers over all of the cornerbacks in the NFL. He’s a biological specimen that has incredible agility, height, muscle mass, and speed.

          https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/d-k-metcalf-proves-he-s-an-athletic-freak-at-combine

          Michael Phelps also has a biological advantage that very few humans have.

          https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/we-celebrated-michael-phelpss-genetic-differences-why-punish-caster-semenya-for-hers/2019/05/02/93d08c8c-6c2b-11e9-be3a-33217240a539_story.html

          None of this excludes them over their competition.

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