Charlie Stross12h ago

About trans rights:

They're a wedge issue. If you think it's okay to deprive trans people of the right to exist in the public sphere then you're saying human rights are conditional and/or can be withdrawn. Which puts you on a slippery slope to no human rights for anyone.

When you trace the roots of the modern anti-trans movement they boil down to some combination of bigotry and billionaire bullshit— the oligarchs think rights are for the rich.

So: trans-rights are human rights. No exceptions.

Show threadLegit_Spaghetti11h ago

@cstross I've seen people I thought were otherwise reasonable say insane shit like "trans women shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports," and I'm like, why is this stupid shit so effective in turning people into idiots. Let people compete wherever they want. Who fucking cares.

Trans rights ARE human rights!

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Why are there women's sports?
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Show threadstaringatclouds9h ago
@Photo55 @Legit_Spaghetti @cstross Because men don't like being beaten by women
Show threadLegit_Spaghetti8h ago
@staringatclouds @Photo55 @cstross No joke, that's exactly why. For example, the only reason there's a separate women's league in chess is because male grandmasters didn't like how they kept getting defeated by women.
Show threadskaphle1h ago

@Legit_Spaghetti @staringatclouds @Photo55 @cstross Is that the historical reason? Do you have a source for that? Is there currently a top league that is closed to women?

Right now all top tournaments and the German leagues are open to women. I don't know about others.

Show threadLeon3h ago
@Photo55 @Legit_Spaghetti @cstross my unironic hot take on this is all sports should have no restrictions, just objectives. All this arbitrary “for the sportsmanship” nonsense is ridiculous knitting circle committee pablum. If it ain’t against no actual laws and the event insurance covers it then it goes.