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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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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While the comment about fish is probably bullshit the guy explained his reasoning pretty well. Chess grandmasters refuse to play against women, so women don't get the chance to improve to that level as much. Women competitions solve that problem.

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

Yeah they explained it in a different message, and that makes sense. Didn’t see that one so it came across as you can only get better by playing someone better, so none of the men would play women. With no context sounds like it ‘made sense’ because women can’t play chess. With context it becomes more clear

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