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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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[-] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 49 points 2 years ago

Before even opening the article I knew it would be England. Fucking TERF Island.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

What's terf

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Trans exclusionary radical feminist

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

What the fuck is that

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

they don't consider Trans women to be women. basically

[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Lacks nuance.

They believe that allowing trans women to identify as women reduces womanhood to meaninglessness.

IOW: they found a way to be the victim in a situation where a tiny subset of the population faces massive challenges merely trying to exist.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

The Tories are the problem.

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