Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.
Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.
Politics aside, I do find a great irony in the folks who are most likely to refer to stuff as sportsball and how dumb they sre simultaneously argue that they are fundamental human rights.
Into the politics… Just seems a lot of silliness on all sides. I play a couple coed rec league sports in a progressive city. Most times a trans woman is the strongest woman on the team. One who played with us was a dominant girl, stronger, faster, taller than most others, but when she decided she identified more as a he, he was pretty mediocre for a guy and there wasn’t really a role for him anymore. Is it a safety issue? I haven’t seen anything like that yet (but soccer, softball and volleyball aren’t super contact sports.) For high school girls who are depending on sports for a scholarship etc, yeah, I could see that sucking. Are maybe more rec leagues a viable compromise? Absolutely. Will anyone admit enough to allow said compromise? Not a chance in hell.