Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies (www.erininthemorning.com)

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

“That's now no longer about celebrating your rights. It's about denying other people theirs,” Newsom said. “Marriage equality was about everyone's right [...] But your child may not have that same opportunity to get on the podium if a trans athlete is competing.”

Let's look at this...

NCAA says out of 500,000 athletes, 10 (0.002%) are trans.

If an estimated 1% of the US population is trans, that's 34,000,000 people.

Assuming that all 10 of those athletes win medals, Newsom would sacrifice the actual human rights of 34 million to see 10 people get a symbolic token? This is sounding like an excuse to be shitty.

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

3.4M, not 34M. And some trans athlete might not be open about it, understandably?

Not that it detracts from your point at all. As you said:

This is sounding like an excuse to be shitty.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Slippery slope. If we start giving trans athletes equal rights, soon we might be treating ALL of them like people. Where would that leave us?!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure we could come up with something new to disagree on if we really tried. 😉

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Newsom is a piece of shit that needs to go.

His views don't align with Dem voters nationally, and certainly not within Cali.

On this latest podcast, the meandering conversation started on America’s so-called “masculinity crisis”—a reference to real problems facing boys and men, such as higher rates of suicide and social isolation, or a nod to conservative pearl-clutching about the perceived “feminization” of American boys, depending on who you ask.

“Most of these kids, many of them [are] not even having any relations, sexual relations, with other women,” Newsom said.

The conversation went from lamenting how American youth don’t have enough sex, to hand-wringing about whether the LGBT rights movement may be pushing “sexuality” onto kids.

“Speaking of sexuality and divisiveness,” Ryan said, “One of the things in the last administration that really divided people was gender affirming care, LGBTQ [sic].” They incorrectly equated sexual orientation and gender identity, leading to a conversation about what Newsom called “the trans issue.”

“That's now no longer about celebrating your rights. It's about denying other people theirs,” Newsom said. “Marriage equality was about everyone's right [...] But your child may not have that same opportunity to get on the podium if a trans athlete is competing.”

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 weeks ago

If ONLY he would stop Fighting With Trump we could have HIM run for President!

-The DNC!

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