If there isn't a lobby it certainly feels like it. From the IOC's work on allowing sports to prioritise fairness, the US government's changes to Title IX, and the Australian legislation that allows the Flying Bats to be successful it must feel like a lobby to female athletes. Governing bodies that resist changes have to work very hard.
I take back my comment that this won't run (and run).
Like Lia Thomas?2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States - Wikipedia
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These people are mainly 'concerned' with the 'safety' of women, promoting the idea that what this is really about is great big hairy men in dresses flopping out their old chap and sharing showers with teenage female athletes.
Well put…and i totally agree ..its quite simple really.
I said 'with impact and traction'.
That is simply not true. It may be an over-simplification but people do feel distress at a born gender identity that is at total odds with who they feel and know they are. These people rightly deserve medical and psychological support as they decide what transition, if any, they wish to make. You may with to use another phrase, but it's not possible to deny that this state does not exist.
Please use more words so I can understand the point you are trying to make.
This is not about men choosing either category.
In this instance, this is correct.
That may be the case but it takes two to tango and there are activists on both sides.I take back my comment that this won't run (and run).
However I remain disturbed by the apparent glee in the original post.
A quick bit of research shows that there is no global (or even national) position on the role of biological males and intersex individuals in women's sport. However most sporting bodies, who are therefore free to make their own rules, do not support anything other than women's competition being restricted to biological women.
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There is of course a kerfuffle whenever a biological male pops up in women's sport, like now with this goalie. Unfortunately this is generally whipped up into a storm (in a teacup) by the militant anti-LGBT 'movement' which, in the US, is noisily setting the agenda.
2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States - Wikipedia
These people are mainly 'concerned' with the 'safety' of women, promoting the idea that what this is really about is great big hairy men in dresses flopping out their old chap and sharing showers with teenage female athletes.
In the words of Robbie Savage, "No he is not."
With exceptionally large hands.
I must admit that I am apparently not as interested in all this as you, but would be interested in reading your research on 'LGB alliance' and this 'woke brigade', both of which I am unfamiliar.
Lol…..synopsis…..links…thats a bit disingenuous of you Harry….i dont think i need to send you any info re the LGB Alliance ..its all out there and you know that
Apologies HWT, I probably should have elaborated, but thought this particular story was fairly well known. One of the complaints made about Lia Thomas when she was competing in the women's category was that she was a fully intact male changing in the female changing rooms.
I actually thought this was going to be a thread about a statement Sutton United had made about that.
Some of those 80’s birds we knocked around with were decent boxers.Gents (and Ladies) reading some of the responses are we not allowed to have a debate now? (How long before Sir Keir shuts down NSC, after he’s banned fags in beer gardens?)
It came up on my feed this morning, and many on here know boxing is also another sport I love and what went on in Paris was not only farcical but relevant to this subject.
Aside from their brief dalliance with the EFL, Sutton United are one of the most respected non league football clubs in the country, so for this issue to arrive at their door, it clearly will have people talking about (if we’re allowed to)
Yes, it has been discussed in detailed by the armed forces who need to deter mine the impact on gender treatment and transition for those wishing to fight on the frontline. They have looked at how this affects muscle mass. Some studies (SOME) show differing results as to when people lose muscle mass as the body changes, but all show that there is an equalling of muscle mass over time. The science is there, but the timelines may not be conclusive.
