JEmphaticallyJun 15, 2023

I have no words...

9-year-old's gender questioned in 'gobsmacking' track-and-field incident, family says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-short-hair-girl-gender-identity-1.6875738

#ableg #abpoli

9-year-old's gender questioned in 'gobsmacking' track-and-field incident, family says | CBC News

A B.C. family has garnered sympathy online — and international media attention — after sharing what they described as an incident in which a man questioned their nine-year-old daughter's gender during a sporting event.

CBC
Show threadHerMammaJun 15, 2023
@JEmphatically he has been banned, and the RCMP are investigating it as a hate crime. I hope something comes of it. But he’s already claiming he “didn’t yell”. Apparently he’s been convicted of harassment on another occasion but seems not to have learned his lesson.
Show threadJEmphaticallyJun 15, 2023
@HerMamma Someone saw a girl doing well at a sport and immediately assumed they can't be a girl. Reveals the underlying belief in bogus gender constructs where the whole point is to keep people in their "place." 🤬
Show threadHerMamma

@JEmphatically specifically a girl with short hair. Because that doesn’t fit the gender construct of “femininity”. Like, pixie cuts haven’t been popular for a hundred years* or anything 🤬🤬🤬

*literally, since the 1920’s!

Jun 15, 2023 at 6:30pmWeb