An effort to ban transgender girls from girls school sports in Washington was leading in election results released Tuesday night.
According to the Secretary of State’s office, 54% of voters said yes on Initiative 638, one of three ballot measures backed by conservative political committee Let’s Go Washington. More votes will be counted in the coming days.
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They only ever focus on the girls 😞 it’s such a tell, honestly.
“What if the female child I’m trying to rape has a penis?”
Trans kids are also more likely to have the vocabulary to articulate what they are seeing in locker rooms / practice. Can’t creep as hard if someone who has been advocating for their own rights is witnessing another’s get violated. That whistle gonna blow.
Just in case anyone wants to twist what I’m saying. Cis-girls can absolutely advocate and do advocate for themselves but trans men / women come into this age already mid battle; one day we should make it so that’s not the case. Just kids being kids not wondering if they are being clocked 24/7.
I guess it’s not the case in grade school, but in many professional sports and college, there are technically no “mens” teams. Those teams are open to any and all athletes.
It’s the women’s and girl’s sports where the restrictions lie, and hence the focus for transgender athletes.
This initiative is specifically about grade school.
Right, but I think that gives some insights. Boys sports in grade schools could technically be open. For very young kids, there’s probably even little difference in athletic ability.
Girls’ sports are what need some kind of sex identification and distinction. I’m not saying it should be based on genitalia or chromosomes, but that’s why the focus is there.
Not in grade school. We have never needed this before.
We have never needed a transgender ban. As long as we’ve had activities specifically restricted to girls, we’ve needed some sort of distinction. That distinction could be “Any athlete identifying as a girl,” but one is needed. Otherwise, what does it mean for a team to be restricted?
Remember that the question I was responding to is why does it work one way - restrictions on who joins a girls’ team - and not the other. That’s the question I’m answering.
No that comment said they only focus on girls. You assumed too much about their statement. They never even asked a question.
They’re trying way too hard to pretend it isn’t just sexual insecurity and misogynistic bigotry 🙄
This in their history, no wonder they’re in here arguing about genital exams for little girls.
What question? I never asked a question
Nah dude it’s just misogyny. Don’t overthink it