"BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year nominee Temwa Chawinga has faced online trolling about whether she is a biological male."
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When I was listening to this, I was really struck by how unimaginable it would be for any mainstream media outlets or presenters to have this conversation in the UK
Rachel Maddow on the trans-athlete panic:
“To invent a fake problem… is pitiful — a sign of profound political weakness — and something that I think has now been exposed as the fantasist, B.S. cop-out that it is.”View quoted post on X
These kind of issues are going to continue to come up as women's sport grows. In reality, there is just no easy fix for this kind of thing
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observer.co.uk Women’s sport can’t blossom until it stops playing second fiddle Female leagues are rarely taken seriously enough – just look at chaotic scheduling of WNBA finals NEW: The #NWSL might have a semifinals venue crisis. None of top 3 seeds can host at usual venue on 11/14. Gotham at Icahn Stadium (5K seats) ~likely. 9 am PT semi still possible. NWSL working on it for months. ESPN obtained docs w/scenarios/principles.👇View quoted post on X
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I am just shocked to my core that a key proponent of transphobia is out and about peddling basic homophobic narratives in a national newspaper
If you're a gay or bi person who supports the "gender critical" movement, when they are saying that your sexuality is a possible phase, I would speak to your therapist about self-hatred and sociopathy. They're coming for gay rights, as we said they would, and you're helping them.View quoted post on X
“I saw the news and just immediately felt a really deep sadness with all of it"
In 2021, Molly Seidel finished 3rd in the Olympic marathon and 4th at New York. Peres Jepchirchir won both races. Last week she was provisionally suspended for doping.
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In 2021, Molly Seidel finished 3rd in the Olympic marathon and 4th at New York. Peres Jepchirchir won both races. Last week she was provisionally suspended for doping.
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observer.co.uk Kenyan doping is a plague on the marathon | The Observer All the asterisks damage special event as a whole, writes Jessy Parker Humphrey