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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I think that most of the people that are objecting pride parades and pride nights do it from a fear of reverse discrimination. For example, they don't want to lose out on a job just because they're straight. How in your mind would a Flames Straight Night be received? I'm pretty sure that there would be quite a few people unhappy with that notion, because it's not inclusive, not for everyone etc. Okay, you can argue that every regular night is a Straight Night because that's the majority, but here we are trying to include everyone and so it doesn't really convey the idea that your rights shouldn't be infringed upon just because you're straight.
The thing that I in particular oppose is the participation of transgender athletes in women sports. It's not that I think they should be excluded from sports, but they gain an unfair advantage, and should have their own division. Here I'm of the opinion that athletes are very competitive, and there will be individuals that will undergo a sex change just so they could get an advantage. The same argument applies to sending a trans woman that's guilty of rape to a women prison. I also don't think that women washrooms should be off limits to anyone but women, because it can make women feel unsafe. Those are real issues that society needs to find solutions to, and blindly supporting equality doesn't address them.
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So many things that haven't happened and logical fallacies.
Maybe you should have listened to your gut and kept your mouth shut.
"Reverse discrimination" isn't and has never been a thing.
No one, and I mean no one, including the Trans folks in my life are going to transition to get an 'edge' in sports. That is, frankly, asinine. Not to mention that the fact that when folks are on hormones to support their gender affirming care your body changes DRASTICALLY.
Trans women are women. Bottom line. Nothing beyond social convention is preventing a man from walking into a women's washroom right now if they have bad intentions. To imply to that trans women aren't actually women or that trans men aren't men and should use the bathroom of the sex organs they were born with is asinine. Because you're suggesting that a trans man who has been taking testatorine for years use the women's bathroom. I highly suspect a women may feel more uncomfortable when the trans man with a beard is in the women's bathroom only becasue they may or may not have a vagina.
OH and if all of that makes you uneasy the solution is to have single all gender washrooms like on an airplane or in your ####ing house.