Beaver@lemmy.ca to transgender@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoVitriol about female boxer Imane Khelif fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down19
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkVitriol about female boxer Imane Khelif fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletesapnews.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to transgender@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareMojave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agoNot to be ignorant, but she’s not even transgender, is she? “[she] was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport.”
minus-squareTudsamfa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·3 months agoYes, this is transphobia hurting a cis women, but because so many misidentify her as trans officials correctly fear it will have consequences for woman and LGBTQ+ athletes.
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoThrow it into the mountain of evidence that transphobes don’t actually give a shit about “protecting women”.
Not to be ignorant, but she’s not even transgender, is she?
Yes, this is transphobia hurting a cis women, but because so many misidentify her as trans officials correctly fear it will have consequences for woman and LGBTQ+ athletes.
Throw it into the mountain of evidence that transphobes don’t actually give a shit about “protecting women”.