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Members of a women’s fishing team refuse to compete alongside trans teammate (www.lgbtqnation.com)
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They think trans women have an unfair advantage in... fishing?

Three members of an English women’s fishing team in England are refusing to compete at the world championships due to the fact that one of their own teammates is trans.

The Shore Angling World Championships will take place in Italy in November, and the board of the sport’s governing body, the Angling Trust, has said it will not prevent trans angler Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges from applying to compete.

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[-] Cap@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

Women are at an unfair advantage when competing against men in fishing. History has shown that men almost always report larger than actual fish size. The discrepency is more pronounced the smaller the fish is. This bias in measurement has drifted over to penis size as well.

[-] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Both accurately described as 'a wriggler'

[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It would be funnier to leave the last part implied.

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