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Originally Posted by jayswin
Exactly what I was getting at. I trust Sliver's reason for worrying, but in my day to day there's too many instances of rube, middle aged white guys that are suddenly all over trans issues. Acting like they care about various issues that the trans community has an effect on.
The uncomfortableness and in some cases flat out hate towards the trans community shines through in their opinions and "concerns".
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To be clear, I'm not worried at all.
I literally said this in response to a post specifically saying trans athletes pose no issue in competition:
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Okay, that one is a little more problematic, though, isn't it? Like, if my CIS daughter trained her whole life to be a snowboarder in the Olympics, wouldn't she be at a great - and unfair - disadvantage to a MTF trans athlete? Only mentioning that because you brought it up, btw. I'm not out here to chip away at any arguments in support of anything less than total tolerance and acceptance, but in the sports example you brought up it's the one thing I can think of that does create an actual problem for CIS people that I'm not sure we've figured out how to address yet.
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If we're going to imply that's transphobic or undermining trans rights you'll need to spell it out for me. Is it a problem even worth mentioning? Probably not, but I didn't bring it up...somebody else did and they did so in a way that pretended it wouldn't be an issue, but I think they're wrong. Of course MtF trans people would have an advantage over CIS females in sports, so yeah, it is something that we'll have to sort out.
It is just a tiny little twig on a 300' redwood that is this topic, though. I never would have brought it up; was just responding to somebody else who had. Kinda thinking maybe it was bait, though, because I just don't see a rational reason why somebody would or could disagree with that fact.