• frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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    7 days ago

    They gonna go back and check sex chromosomes, genitals, and hormones in all the athletes in the entire record book? If not, this is just a personal attack on one fucking athlete.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    People who keep saying that what newsom or allred said about trans people is nbd, this is progress toward the future you want.

    It won’t stop until you’re cheering on as trans people are murdered in camps, secure in the blissful assumption that the fascists would never turn their hatred in your direction.

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      6 days ago

      Cis people fucking suck. In my experience most cis people, cis men especially, are extremely toxic, hateful and again, in my experience

      Replace “cis” with black, or gay, or any other human descriptive to see how fucked up what you just said really is.

      Your in my experience tag isn’t softening your hate - “I’m just saying that in my experience black men are toxic.” - see how that sounds? That’s how you sound to everyone else.

      Realize that you’re being just as hateful as the shitty individuals who hate you for what you are, and choose something better.

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      6 days ago

      The fact that the University of Pennsylvania swimmer soared from a mid-500s ranking (554th in the 200 freestyle; all divisions) in men’s competition to one of the top-ranked swimmers in women’s competition tells the story

      In the 100 freestyle, Thomas’ best time prior to her transition was 47.15. At the NCAA Championships, she posted a prelims time in the event of 47.37. That time reflects minimal mitigation of her male-puberty advantage.

      During the last season Thomas competed as a member of the Penn men’s team, which was 2018-19, she ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. As her career at Penn wrapped, she moved to fifth, first and eighth in those respective events on the women’s deck.

      Removing the records set while competing in women’s events seems justified in this case.