@iocmedia
Today some countries allow people to change their sex on a passport easily. I'm not saying these particular athletes did that, but relying on passports to determine sex is a poor call by the IOC. They need to change that rule immediately.
@MailOnline
Too late to help the women he "beat" for an NCAA title, but better late than never. The US should never want cheats on the podium, there's no glory for Team USA in that.
@SpeechUnion
From the end of the article, Amazon's training materials say: "[W]e have zero tolerance of homo/bi/transphobia."
I hope
@Amazon
is clear that gender critical beliefs are perfectly legal in a UK workplace. It would be embarrassing for them to lose a case at an employment tribunal.
@addicted2newz
He won't answer the question about the person "with a penis" because he intends to include transgender women (i.e., men) in the definition of biological women. He's too cowardly to tell the truth about his policies.
@TransHomophobes
It's homophobic, certainly, but it's also ... kind of ridiculous. Without being rude, I often think that these people are virgins. It's as if they understand the technical details of sex but not the physical rush of attraction and lust (and love). They see 'affection' as the
@sharper76
Apparently it's not the first time you've posted misogynistic comments. With that kind of bias, you're unfit for your current public-facing position.
@L__G__B
The problem isn't just that they have the wrong equipment, though that's fundamental. It's that no normal person wants to date someone who is mentally ill enough to do this to themselves.
This is why it's important to give minors counselling before they head down this path. They
@SVPhillimore
Transwomen are NOT women. They don't belong in the women's bathroom. I'm disabled too, but my objections go beyond their use of facilities for the disabled. I see no reason to accommodate predators or men with a sexual fetish in the women's bathroom.
@KnownHeretic
Does it make a difference? Even if the birth cert is real, he's a fraud for competing as a woman if he is in fact a male with a DSD that gives him the benefit of male puberty. There may or may not be a birth cert that says he's F.
Let's get this out of the way once and for all.
@JamesEsses
@JohnLewisRetail
I use a wheelchair and need an accessible toilet. JL is telling people who don't like mixed toilets (which is what they offer) to use the accessible toilet. There goes my ability to get into the accessible toilet when I need it. It shows how little JL cares about the disabled.
@seaningle
Good riddance. And I hope the spotlight on his mishandling of the women's boxing, allowing men to compete as women, also puts the kibbosh on Caster Semenya's attempt to succeed him. The IOC needs to protect women's sports.
@TheFamousArtBR
Another argument might be that if being trans is a disability that needs to be accommodated, then they need to lobby for separate facilities, since ours are reserved for women. Their feelings of discomfort or danger sharing the men's room in no way justify them using the women's
@ask_aubry
I've a friend who was being checked for prostate cancer and he told me that one of his worst fears was getting an accidental erection when he's examined (I've no idea what they do). So maybe that's what the guy here is thinking of?
@funder
God, no. Biden came in under a cloud of rumors that he's losing it, and spent the first ten minutes proving the rumors true. He *froze.* You can't do that when you're POTUS. The Ds have to replace him or they lose.
Trump lied about almost everything. Nothing new there.
@FFS_WhatNow
@Jonnywsbell
Only a white man could manage to sound so angry about not being treated the way he wants to be. "Crossdressing straight men are currently one of the most pandered-to demographics in existence." -JKR. Worst idea ever to offer special protections to fetishists.
@TalkTV
@JuliaHB1
Their argument - trans women are women - falls apart when tested, such as in women's prisons or sports. Trans women are born men and remain men regardless of surgery or hormones. It doesn't matter what their brain "tells" them. They're men, with male bodies.
@robdelaney
GC people are the ones fighting to protect these children. We're the ones saying that these beautiful children aren't born in the wrong bodies. We're not trying to sterilise and mutilate them, leaving them anorgasmic and dependent on medicine for the rest of their lives.
@HeterodoxOutsi1
Because they're terrified sports will declare that Trans Women Are Men (for sports purposes, anyway) and that'll be the end of *that* fiction.
@JohnJamesNI
As a woman, I agree. I don't want to be killed in an honor killing if I piss off my brothers. I don't want to need four men as witnesses to prove I've been raped. I'm not into being stoned for adultery. I don't want my daughter married off as a child. Phobic? No. Rational.
@Rob_ThaBuilder
Exactly! This was never going to be a vote winner, since it takes away women's rights. That Biden called it the civil rights issue of our time, without considering how it would affect women, tells me all I need to know about the Ds and their fake concern for women.
@FondOfBeetles
How does the IOC square allowing the track, swimming, and cycling associations to ban athletes who have gone through male puberty, with NOT doing the same in boxing?
Shouldn't there be one rule, no matter what your sport is?
@NoCisgender
What happens if they move to general pop and one of them rapes one of the women? Business as usual? Plus, we've seen what happened in Spain where men are claiming to be trans for benefits. What happens when lots more men in prison do the same, fraudulently?
@WingsScotland
I love that the CEO, MW, thought that he'd been all clever and behind-the-scenes, and even avoided testifying, and then the judge just lays it at his door without mercy. Proper order, too. Talk abt an org that had strayed from its core purpose.
@robdelaney
How high do you think trans kids suicide rates are? Would it surprise you to learn that six patients at the Tavistock (the UK clinic that treats minors with GD) committed suicide over six years? That's 1 a year on an average of 2,700 referred patients a year.
The '40% trans kid
@fairplaywomen
@keirstarmer
He's going to try to redefine biological woman to include people who were born male but have a GRC. Please, anybody who can ask him a question before the election: Ask him how biological woman is defined.
My guess is it will include men with a cert, and since we can't ask for a
@ilovepreserves
Gosh, I dunno. Their bodies aren't female - it's a man's body with a fake and very ugly neo-vag called a 'rot pocket.' And even if you are content to stick it into another man's rot pocket, do you really want a relationship with someone who has major MH issues?
@Psychgirl211
It's not our job to be kind. It's not our job to make a man feel better or more like a woman. We are not comfort women. We have our own issues to deal with and our spaces are for us.
@BerrSeRrKrr
Pretty lousy grifter then, since I've yet to pay a penny for the content. Even the brands he likes are all over the place; I doubt he gets paid for influencing. Besides, if you take
@mattgaetz
out, he hardly mentions Republicans.
@Rob_ThaBuilder
Rape is about men doing what they want to do to women. I saw a survey of Western men recently where the majority of men said they would rape a woman if they were guaranteed they wouldn't be caught. So we educate our men to exercise self-control around women, including women in
@bbc5live
Ask Starmer what he means by "biological males/men." Is it possible for a person born with a penis, in other words, born a boy, to somehow through paperwork or surgery become a "biological woman/female?"
I'm afraid he's up to some lexical legerdemain whereby possession of a GR
@Martina
@CarilynJohnson
@Martina
, like you I am a lifelong D. Like
@CarilynJohnson
, that ends this year. I won't vote for a party that subordinates women's rights to those of men who think they are women. The Ds are solely responsible for the transgender evisceration of women's rights.
@SVPhillimore
Your disability does not threaten the safety or dignity of other people, so it makes sense that society should adjust to keep you a productive member of society. We can't give TiMs what they want without hurting another, much larger group. They won't accept compromises. Tough.
@sharper76
I can't believe that
@sharper76
is willing to publicly support the man in this case. The nurses' reaction to having to get undressed in front of a man has *nothing* to do with how they will treat a TG patient. Presumably, the patient won't expect them to undress.
It's not
@Baroness_Nichol
The author seems to suggest that his female competitors should have shut up about his being male because he might or would have gotten into trouble in Algeria for being gay or trans. Do you really expect female athletes to sacrifice their careers because Algeria is backwards?
@RachaelWongAus
#TheUnsaid
Women will be hurt because of this irresponsible advertisement. Any woman who feels unsafe alone with a man should leave immediately. How dare you try to shame her into staying, risking her safety for his feelings?
@sara_eades
We know that there are men who think that women can control the flow of blood like they do urine. (Seriously). Are we sure the Head understands how female bodies work? This certainly suggests that he does not.
@ADFIntl
Anyone with an ounce of decency knows that this is unfair. Teenage girls cannot compete with athletes who have the body of a teenage boy. It makes no difference if the boy sincerely thinks he should have been born a girl; he still has a male body including male heart, male lungs,
@jburgo55
I was at your stage a few months ago,
@jburgo55
. The more I see of TRA demands and the way Democrats (I'm D or was) have caved to them, the less patience I have. Kids are being ruined and it's unfair to women. We have to put a stop to it. Let them be, where it doesn't hurt
@WeNotSocks
It's crazy to criticize the decor of the finished job. That's what you get on that budget! It looks amazing. I have done something similar, and it is a TON of work. Just the closet doors took forever.
@SwipeWright
Is
@mcuban
okay with Facebook, which apparently just banned Richard Dawkins for saying that biological men shouldn't compete in women's sports? It's an unpopular view on the left, but he should be free to express it. X is the only SM that welcomes gender realists.
@BillieJeanKing
You have to be kidding. Drag queens are a fetishistic, degrading representation of women and the dancing was offensively sexualised for a ceremony watched by children.
@runthinkwrite
Keep on plugging, folks. I've always said that sports will be the battleground where we win, because people compete with the bodies they were given, not the bodies they identify as. Trans women are undeniably men in sports. And like the Emperor's New Clothes, no one who sees it
@anyonewantchips
1) It looks like a DEI ticket - a black woman and a gay man. People will hate it because they hate DEI. 2) I suspect Buttigieg is too smart to run as Veep on a ticket that's likely to lose - he is an ambitious and smart man. He'll want to run later in his own right w/o any labels
@Urtoez75_2
So because Hunter Schafer looks like that, we should say nothing when we meet these in the women's room, despite the fact that trans women have attacked c1s women in the loo?
@OkayBiology
How does someone this vile get close to senior politicians without them noticing something is off? Gender confusion has nothing to do with it - this guy lacks a moral compass and is a complete bully.
@sfchronicle
@annkillion
Who is bullying her? The only reason anyone has heard of her is because you are drawing attention to her. She is a woman competing against women. Not news.
@AudreySuffolk
I'm disabled. The LGBTPGTIPS crew do not represent me. They've got some cheek asserting that they do. They'd better not be getting any funding meant for the disabled.
@CarilynJohnson
@AthleteAlly
: It would be a sad day for sports and all who believe in justice and equality if Thomas were allowed to enter a race for women. He has a man's body regardless of how he identifies. Read Twitter on him: the commenters are overwhelmingly glad that he lost his appeal.
@PMc276
But what if the entire population of Afghanistan feels that way - are we supposed to welcome them all? Where do we draw the line?
And why limit it to Afghanistan? Why not most of the Middle East and Africa? What did they do to deserve being born where they were?
If you accept
@Freedland
I like Twitter because I can express my opposition to trans women encroaching on women's spaces and sports. My objections are valid, but if the Guardian had its way, they'd never be expressed. Women would just be rolled over.
The Left only wants to suppress certain opinions.
@HazelAppleyard_
He's been competing in international sports for several years now. They didn't just find him under a cabbage in a remote Algerian village. He knows he's male. So must his coach.
@FredSargeant
@CaolanRob
@jk_rowling
He and Willoughby are well-matched. Both filled with bile and desperate for fame. They'll milk their tenuous connection to
@jk_rowling
for all it's worth, while whining about their victimisation.
@CarilynJohnson
How anyone can claim to support women and not agree with that list, I don't know. BUT ABORTION!!!! The D attitude these days seems to be: Ladies, we'll let you control your womb, but get lost if you expect to have any privacy, dignity, safety, or sports. Not good enough.
@babybeginner
Ah, I think I see the problem:
The authors, a group of transgender sociologists and enthusiasts, and healthcare activists, with not one medical degree among them..."
@FFS_WhatNow
The initial polls were taken when people were bombarded by trans-positive speeches and programming from politicians, media, and schools. The polls we're seeing now reflect what people think when they've had a chance to see the impact that trans ideology has on women and kids.
@ripx4nutmeg
The mere fact that it's possible for ANY man to wait two years and then be certified female, means that all women's loos are open to ALL men, from day one. How are women to determine if the obvious bloke in their loo has a certificate? Labour favours trans people's rights over
@WomenReadWomen
He's male. No one is talking about controlling natural T levels in a woman here. He has those levels because he's male.
As an athlete, he's mediocre. His times mean he wouldn't even be on his country's team as a man, let alone anywhere near a podium.
And as for 'enslaved
@CarilynJohnson
They've never tried to argue rationally or honestly. If we say they can't compete as women, they claim we are banning them from "sports" (all categories). There is no point in arguing with them. They will never concede an inch. Take it to the public, where we win.
@KarSugrue
History won't look kindly on people who pushed puberty blockers for children. Imagine having pushed an ideology that harms children and having the neck to judge others.
@beatrixcampbell
I disagree. I want to be able to control my death, and I am willing to comply with the law (being w/i 6 months of death, etc.) Without assisted suicide, I'll die a pretty horrible death, slowly strangling. I'd rather it be quick and painless when the outcome is imminent anyway.
@BlueWhiteOct
@KosherCockney
Islam does not belong in the West. The values clash, and they are not adopting ours. I don't think it is racist to say this, since many races follow Islam. I'm not trying to be racist. I have a real, understandable, justifiable fear of Islam.
@MForstater
Great thread. What's happened is a disgrace, and two women were cheated out of gold at this Olympics.
I can't believe
@Nike
supported Caster Semenya against women!! Last time I touch anything Nike. Caster Semenya has the right to run all he likes, Nike - against his fellow men.
@Glinner
Weird that anyone would find that photo incendiary. The idea of men in women's sports has always been the one issue that polled strongly negatively for TRAs. Despite lingering confusion among the public on what a "trans woman" is, people understand instinctively that it's wrong.
@ReduxxMag
It's just so they can clap themselves on the back for their progressiveness. He's playing a trans person. Wake me up when he's cast as a regular woman - and is convincing.
@TransHomophobes
@KemiBadenoch
Tennant probably doesn't even know that the trans movement is homophobic. And he presumably doesn't care, just as he doesn't care about women's rights, as long as it validates his son and his parenting choices.
@bindelj
God love her. These young people have been robbed, whether or not they detransition. All the feelings that are so fundamental to being human... I hope she has a full recovery.
@JohnJamesNI
Starmer: blah blah Brianna Ghey cheap shot blah respect & dignity blah blah safe spaces blah Must not divide...
Translation: I'm going to let men into women's spaces. Women should stop being divisive by resisting.
@helenstaniland
The worst homophobe in the 1980s was not concerned about men assaulting women. Gay men don't do that. Today, we're talking about men, often straight and hypersexual, entering the ladies'. Totally different situation.
@BBCSport
Have you no sense of decency, BBC? Have you lost all honesty, all responsibility, all sense of duty to be honest with your viewers? For shame.
@TheNewsAgents
@lewis_goodall
@HarrietHarman
@GlobalPlayer
@UKLabour
promised that any man will be able to obtain a GRC after waiting two years and getting a note from a friendly doctor. No need for surgery; no need to live as a woman. What exactly is the 'transition' she refers to as though it's a miraculous transformation? Still men.
@Martina
@CarilynJohnson
But they're not even campaigning on that. If they said, 'vote for us and we'll take care of women's rights vs. trans ideology,' I'd consider it. They are campaigning on *supporting* trans rights. They created this problem and show no sign of apology or reversing the damage.
@lingerie_addict
I'm in a wheelchair. I don't think I've ever seen a private house that was wc-accessible. There was no need to try and make you feel bad about that.