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On 01/04/2025 10:13, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2025-04-01 00:51:34 +0000, Bob Casanova said:
>
>> 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.
>
> "Lia" Thomas isn't the worst example. I find it appalling that the
> International Olympic Committee found it perfectly OK to have a man
> beating up a woman as a legitimate spectator sport.
>
Have you been deceived by the misinformation spread about Imane Khelif?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imane_Khelif
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