From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:34:39 -0500, the following appeared   
   in talk.origins, posted by DB Cates :   
      
   >On 2025-03-31 11:38 a.m., Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:   
   >> On 2025-03-31 16:19:18 +0000, Bob Casanova said:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:04:13 -0700, the following appeared   
   >>> in talk.origins, posted by erik simpson   
   >>> :   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 3/30/25 7:00 PM, Kestrel Clayton wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The last day of March is the Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to   
   >>>>> improve awareness of transgender people, to draw attention to the   
   >>>>> challenges and oppression we face, and help people understand us   
   >>>>> better.   
   >>>>> The TDoV is more important than ever in 2025, as the Trump   
   >>>>> Administration has put us squarely in its target sights.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> One of the ways I can fight for my existence, and that of several of my   
   >>>>> friends and loved ones, is by being visible as myself, answering   
   >>>>> questions, and demystifying trans people.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am a transgender woman. I am visible. Ask me anything.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Intending no disrespect, I'm sympathetic to anyone with gender   
   >>>> dysphoria.  It's probably a conclusion that you and others have reached   
   >>>> only after some serious introspection.  That's your business, not mine,   
   >>>> and doesn't disturb me in the slightest.  I do object to biological   
   >>>> males competing in women's sports, and I think it's a very bad idea for   
   >>>> minors to do anything irrevocable before their brains are at least   
   >>>> soft-boiled.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Agreed. All.   
   >>   
   >> Agreed. All.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >Sort of agreed, but re: sports, how exactly do you define 'biological   
   >male' and how would you plan to enforce it? And yes, it is a bad idea   
   >for minors to do anything irrevocable. The cases I know of are in late   
   >adolescence with a long history of really knowing what they want and   
   >decisions made by doctor/parent in cases of infants with ambiguous or   
   >damaged genitalia. I'm okay with the first but dead against the second.   
   >   
   The issue is regarding the difference between biological   
   males (generally XY) and biological females (generally XX)   
   in upper-body strength after puberty; if it weren't a   
   problem such athletes as "Lia" Thomas wouldn't go from   
   underperforming in men's sports to record breakers in female   
   sports, and the records would be comparable between males   
   and females. But they aren't. Titlele IX was passed for a   
   reason. If you have no interest in fair competition, fine,   
   but at least recognize that there *is* a difference.   
   >   
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