I remember when I was a kid, anytime a black women would win a sport, the white adults in my life would all joke about them not being a "real woman" and that they "look like they're secretly a guy".
Transphobia, racism and sexism have all wrapped up together into a shit head sandwich for as long as I remember and I hate it.
I'd imagine it even goes further back. During the cold war east german athletes were routinetly accused of being men when they stood atop the podium. Fash gonna fash. : (
Caster Semenya was the canary in the coal mine long before TERFery was even a blip on the radar.
I remember when I was a kid, anytime a black women would win a sport, the white adults in my life would all joke about them not being a "real woman" and that they "look like they're secretly a guy".
Transphobia, racism and sexism have all wrapped up together into a shit head sandwich for as long as I remember and I hate it.
See also: CHUD conspiracy "theory" that Michele Obama was secretly AMAB
Yeah, I remember the Williams sisters getting it too.
Oh yeah, I remember the Williams sisters definitely getting their brunt of that, although some might have just settled for calling them fat and ugly
I'd imagine it even goes further back. During the cold war east german athletes were routinetly accused of being men when they stood atop the podium. Fash gonna fash. : (