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"A complicated issue with a wide range of views, and we respect that"
In fact there should be no respect for the views of bigots
You are a bigot. You are inventing a set of standards for fairness that stops exactly at "trans or cis". How is it fair that one woman could be groomed and trained from birth by rich parents to be the best swimmer she can is allowed to compete against a poor woman raised with less nutrition who was self trained? Why drawn the line at trans or cis and not literally anywhere else?
You're allowed to be born a gigantic thick-boned brick shithouse and compete against guys/girls born way fucking smaller than you but someone born with a vagina isn't allowed to compete explicitly against somebody born with a dick as the only stated reason and you DON'T think it's fueled by bigotry? You're only fooling yourself. If discriminating against trans people made sense, you'd also being chomping at the bit to descriminate by height, weight, net worth, nutrition, etc. etc. You'd have 18 different leagues for one sport all neatly segregated and you could only compete with people who look exactly like you.
Estrogen does the opposite of steroids you fucking moron
ITS NOT FUCKING ENHANCEMENT DRUGS YOU WORTHLESS, BRAINLESS SHITBAG
this you about how trans people will never be the same as others of their gender?
I've yet to see one person who holds this position not be bigoted
If you think that i have some bad news for you...
I am conducting a scientific test of their claims

He officially did not pass the vibe check
I fucking love science!
gulag the bastard
Well funny you say that
sir you are a new account with 2 comments, both of which are in this thread, you wouldn't do that unless you were hiding
Yes, they are. Especially you
"Hey, African Americans are fine and all... I... I just don't want them living next door to me alright?"
But you know... you don't have to be one, right?
You'd be way cooler.