Was hanging out with my cousins the other day and learned they got some brainworms that need to be bullied out of them. One of them uttered the words "gender ideology" and I swear I almost slapped the shit out of him in his parents kitchen. The funniest part was that his lib dad actually was on my side for once and joined in ripping into him over his shit takes.

  • forcequit [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I don't have hard sources, could probably find relevant ones if I reeeallly had to. What's interesting isn't sports' exclusion of trans people, rather the supposed eligibility threshold resting on having never undergone natal puberty, juxtaposed against scare campaigns around targeting children, along with the already significant hurdles faced in accessing treatment prior to pubescence anyway.

    sport: no trans athletes that haven't undergone hrt before the age of 14
    law: no trans kids can undergo hrt before 16
    perfect system

    It's also just another method of exclusion and its supporters know it

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately a lot of its supporters like my idiot cousin don't know it. All throughout this engagement he insisted he was not transphobic until I forced him to claim that he was, because of this issue.