Can we talk about the equality act?

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Anonymous wrote:There are some on this thread who seem to acknowledge that trans women might have a biological edge in sports but it doesn’t matter because it’s not a large number of cis women who will be edged out in sorts.

I would like to know what number of negatively impacted cis women athletes is acceptable to you.

An infinite number is acceptable to them - until their own daughters have to unfairly compete against trans-women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are so triggered by this. The last thing you need to worry about in a women's restroom is a trans woman.

The bathroom aspect doesn’t concern me in the least. The sports aspect does.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we please go back to the topic? The lack of response makes me think a lot of people don’t have enough understanding about this.

Because trans women are women, they should play women’s sports. Basic human rights here. Not much to debate. Sorry not sorry.

How do you know they are women?

That’s the big question. Did Caitlin Jenner only become a transgender woman once other people knew she was one? Or was she a transgender woman even back when she won a gold medal at the Olympics in the decathlon under the name Bruce Jenner? Back then, when she had all of the physical advantages of having the male physiology, would it have been a-okay for her to complete against women? Where do we draw the line?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some on this thread who seem to acknowledge that trans women might have a biological edge in sports but it doesn’t matter because it’s not a large number of cis women who will be edged out in sorts.

I would like to know what number of negatively impacted cis women athletes is acceptable to you.

There are cisgender women who have a significant edge over the vast majority of other cisgender women based on their biological make-up. Are you advocating for a dividing line that would exclude them from women's sports? If not, why should a comparably-advantaged trans woman be excluded?

It's not the like there's room for only one woman in each women's sport.

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What about people that don't identify as male or female?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about people that don't identify as male or female?

this is getting out of hand.

I mean honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about people that don't identify as male or female?

All the young people I know who don’t identify as either are probably more into arts than sports. Start freaking out about the potential for a trans girl to take a female lead in your high school’s next play instead of your vid gender daughter.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I like several opposing views that are being discussed here. 18:13 and 18:14 rsised good points, I think this type of discussion is really helpful, and makes people think and understand that this is not as simple other people push it to be. It’s not as simple as trans women being real women, in some aspects they may be, but biologically, it’s more complicated. I hate that the ines I see being shared online are very one sided, and it doesn’t answer the concerns of the other sides, which would have been helpful. I’m still not sold on the sports issue. Seems teally complex.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we please go back to the topic? The lack of response makes me think a lot of people don’t have enough understanding about this.

Because trans women are women, they should play women’s sports. Basic human rights here. Not much to debate. Sorry not sorry.

How do you know they are women?

That’s the big question. Did Caitlin Jenner only become a transgender woman once other people knew she was one? Or was she a transgender woman even back when she won a gold medal at the Olympics in the decathlon under the name Bruce Jenner? Back then, when she had all of the physical advantages of having the male physiology, would it have been a-okay for her to complete against women? Where do we draw the line?

The existential questions of her identity then aside, high level athletic competitions like Olympics have rules about hormone levels, so the answer is no.

For high school sports, I think it's worth asking what the purpose of the competition is, and whether that changes how we feel about trans athletes. I think the answer there is that high school sports should not be centered around strict competition like that Olympics and should err on the side of encouraging participation without those kinds of requirements.

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Anonymous wrote:What about people that don't identify as male or female?

All the young people I know who don’t identify as either are probably more into arts than sports. Start freaking out about the potential for a trans girl to take a female lead in your high school’s next play instead of your vid gender daughter.

You seem eager to project strong emotions onto my post. Why?

Many young people identity as nonbinary. Will schools have to redesign bathrooms and locker rooms? Will there be a Title IX for nonbinary? Not clear what discrimination against nonbinary looks like.....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about people that don't identify as male or female?

All the young people I know who don’t identify as either are probably more into arts than sports. Start freaking out about the potential for a trans girl to take a female lead in your high school’s next play instead of your vid gender daughter.

Way to stereotype trans people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand your concern about bathrooms. There is nothing now to stop men from dressing as women to enter a women's restroom if they really want to, and yet this doesn't seem to be a problem in practice. As a cis-gendered woman, I have zero concerns about trans women using the restroom alongside me.

Agree!! I have a close friend who is trans that I’ve known since childhood. We gone into public restrooms together in CA, AZ, and DC for years. It never occurred to that this was controversial until a few years ago when people lost their f*king minds over it. People need to move onto a real problem! (Hint it isn’t football players taking a new during the national anthem either!)

[Anonymous]

Hey conservatives, this is how your mom and dad felt about gay people back in the 80s. Learn something from their mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey conservatives, this is how your mom and dad felt about gay people back in the 80s. Learn something from their mistakes.

Guess what? This is not mainly a conservative issue. I see Trumpists taking advatage and skewing the ideas. But other people who are not Trumpists/conservatives have real concerns/ confusion /limited understanding of this bill, and saying shut up and deal with it does not help. If any, this could backfire if we do not even acknowlege or talk about these issues/fears. At a minimum, the discussion will enlighten people why we need it and will provide a counter talking point to those who vehemently oppose it because of bigotry.

[Anonymous]

I could care less either way, but it’s humorous to see feminists and cons on the same side for once.