Medium DaveApr 7
It will be just as problematic now. It’s a tax on women, it won’t silence the transphobes who will insist that masculine-looking cis women somehow cheated, and it’ll block women that it wasn’t intended to block. And besides all that, it does nothing to protect women’s sport. #TransWomenAreWomen

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i7aox3qj5gv2bqvlclpwcw5u/post/3mivcw72ojl27
Show threadMedium DaveApr 7
“The Olympics ended 'gender verification' tests in 1999 after a series of reports over the period of a decade set out how they were scientifically flawed, discriminatory, and caused emotional trauma to those tested.” Nothing has changed since then, except for a rightwing wave of bigotry.
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All TERFism does is hurt trans people, and by extension hurt all LGBTQIA people, hurt women, and empower authoritarians. And let a handful of TERFs feel smug.
Apr 7 at 12:17pmWeb