Let's Run is Transphobic

You can believe in trans-rights and still think it is unfair for generic males with all the athletic advantages that provides to compete with cis-female athletes. That is how I feel. Even if they take hormone therapy for a few years they still have all the advantages of being a genetic make their whole lives.

Outside of sport I think they should live their lives like they want. Use whatever bathroom, pronouns, anything. I just don't think it is fair for SPORT and SPORT alone.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

lkjhg wrote:

“{S}tunts by the right” - you have not been paying attention. Did you miss the outrage from so-called “trans advocates” when feminist JK Rowling said there’s a word for people who menstruate - and it’s “women?” The advocates for insanity insisted that men menstruate, too. Sadly, you are as deluded as they are.

Some people agree with what she said, some don't and others, like me, don't care what she thinks. You seem to be outraged by the outrage.

She writes extremely popular books but she doesn't influence public opinions. It's her choice if she wants to publicly share her opinions on controversial topics and I'm sure she's aware that maybe it will negatively affect the sales of her books.

If her views weren't influential we wouldn't know about them and they wouldn't have provoked the outrage they have in some quarters.

Armstronglivs wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Some people agree with what she said, some don't and others, like me, don't care what she thinks. You seem to be outraged by the outrage.

She writes extremely popular books but she doesn't influence public opinions. It's her choice if she wants to publicly share her opinions on controversial topics and I'm sure she's aware that maybe it will negatively affect the sales of her books.

If her views weren't influential we wouldn't know about them and they wouldn't have provoked the outrage they have in some quarters.

You believe the dreaded "woke" people read her comments and changed their opinions? Of course not. She wrote absolutely nothing that was enlightening.

These situations are always the same thing. Someone comments on a controversial subject, is criticized by one side and the other, usually on the right, is outraged over the outrage. Her comments received more attention than most because she is a famous author who has book sales of over 500M.

Just be thankful you don't live somewhere free of American patriarchal misogynist white colonialist micro-agression triggering transphobia blah blah blah etc.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/kenya-kakuma-refugee-camp-bomb-attack-chriton-atuhwera-trinidad-jerry/

I dont expect any of those who hold "woke" opinions would change their views on the basis of anything JK Rowling has said. They adhere to the perceived correctness of their own opinions as firmly as do those on the right. But they do react strongly to what she says, because it threatens their views. It is threatening not simply for what she says but because of her considerable platform as a very popular author. There would be many, who are not so "woke", as would agree with her views. The whole debate is yet another in which entrenched positions are taken that are frequently irreconcilable and often appear to have more to do with ideology than science.

also in the news......

People’s ‘identitys’ are not valid. What’s valid is *what is*. Trans people are confused and all that goes along with that, not much of which is good.

ThickThighs wrote:

Obviously you've never loved and supported a female athlete who has given it her all for years only to have someone born with all the physical advantages of male snatch victory away. For every transgender champion there are dozens of female casualties.

Okay where are all the transgender champions? Where are all the female casualties? Because the few sites I see "reporting" on these are absurd clickbait. Athletics have never been a welcoming place for transgender athletes and they simply aren't a dominant force. As a D1 runner I wouldn't give a ffff about losing to a transgender runner. These kinds of hateful attitudes weed the most passionate gender-nonconforming athletes out of sports before they even get the chance to advance.

So if you are a high school biological female in a New England state, you wouldn’t have any problem losing out on a state championship because a man decides he felt like beating you?

We don’t buy it.

Another win for trans people! Now teenage boys can use girl's restrooms whenever the mood arises, and they don't even have to show evidence that they're actually trans!

So, I've been reading the front page over the past day and it is very disappointing how the brojos are covering this. Yes, it's april fools, however their article is written under the "it's just a joke bro" facade of hate.

I first came across letsrun in 2005 when Rojo was trying to recruit me to Cornell; obviously a lot has changed in my life since then. I used to come here daily as an undergrad when I was obsessed with running. Now, it's more of a once a month visit but I still try to keep up with the sport. It's disappointing what LetsRun has turned out to be.

I made a similar post on this thread last night but it was almost immediately removed. I guess the Brojos can't face the fact that their trans hate pre-dates Lia Thomas.