Youth sports have a significant impact on the development of all children. Sports provide children opportunities to build their social skills and confidence, as well as improve their sense of belonging and physical fitness.
What happens to these spaces when adults are given permission to inspect a child’s body to determine their gender?
The Supreme Court rulings on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. decided that transgender girls cannot play sports that align with their gender identity. Not only does this ruling essentially prohibit transgender kids from participating in most youth sports – codifying the exclusion this vulnerable population already experiences – it also puts all children at risk of the harmful consequences of body surveillance.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 57d
Which is of course the idea. All this transphobia bullshit is just an excuse to harass and control women.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 57d
Don't forget the part where pedos can come into being a coach and request the ability to fondle little girls to check if they have a penis or not. Very important thing to not forget!
eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
It's a fucking Epstein op.
Transphobia is an Epstein op.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 57d
May? it already has, is, and will. Bigots put people at risk. Harming others is their whole identity.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 57d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imane_Khelif
Wren@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 57d
Yep, women are already enduring ridiculous scrutiny under thinly veiled transphobia they're calling "protection." Imane Khelif is a great example of how this is affecting women's ability to play professional sports.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -12 pts · 57d
Wouldn't she still be able to compete in the men's leagues?
Wren@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 57d
Did you miss the part where she's a woman?
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -13 pts · 57d
That classification isn't as clear cut as what you might have learned as a child
Wren@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 57d
Oh, have you taken biology in university, too? Don't talk down to me when you didn't even read the entire article. The tests they supposedly used to verify her chromosomes were made up.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 57d
Do you believe there are 2 genders and nothing in between?
Wren@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 57d
No, but that has nothing to do with this boxer. If anything, her experience reinforces the headline of the article I posted.
Objection@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 57d
Transphobes truly are the dumbest people on the planet.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 57d
As a woman? Probably not.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -9 pts · 57d
If she has Y chromosomes, she can
source
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 10 pts · 57d
Imane was born a woman. She identifies as a woman. No one but a corrupt Russian judge has ever said otherwise. Which is telling.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -10 pts · 57d
Ok but sports categories aren't about how one identifies
Sirence@feddit.org · 6 pts · 57d
But she does not, do you really not know what born as a woman means?
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -4 pts · 57d
If she does not, then she can compete in the women's category
So great either way
Sirence@feddit.org · 5 pts · 57d
If you are unable to read, why comment? The whole thread is about how they would not let her compete in the woman's category either because transphobes are idiots.
dreamy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 57d
Is that really the only criteria? Can a man with de la Chapelle syndrome play women's sports?
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 57d
As I understand it: he can't. De la Chapelle syndrome implies he has the SRY gene
dreamy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 57d
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 57d
If we ignore the fact that she's not transgender: trans women tend to be on oestrogen, and on testosterone blockers. They can't compete with men the same way cis women can't.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 57d
Why would you conflate her case with transgenderism?
To answer you though: if a cis-man takes 'one' oestrogen and 'one' testosterone blocker, can a cis-woman compete with them? Or do you think it depends?
matthurtme@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
Pretty sure the entire population of the earth just really hates women