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"It is a complicated issue. It is truly a complicated issue, with a wide range of views, truly a wide range of views," Jean-Pierre said. "There is no 'yes or no' answer to this, it is complicated. There is a rule that the Department of Education [DOE] has put forward, and we're going to let that process move forward, and again, we want to make sure that while we establish guardrails with this rule, we also prevent discrimination, as well, against transgender kids. But again, a complicated issue with a wide range of views, and we respect that."

"Absolutely no reason for the Biden admin to do this," New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "It is indefensible and embarrassing. The admin can still walk this back, and they should. It's a disgrace."

"Honestly, this move by Biden to push a rule on trans kids in sports is not only a backwards betrayal, it [forces] us to have to spend our time dealing with god d*** sports instead of criminal bans on our healthcare," Alejandra Caraballo, a civil rights attorney and LGBTQ+ advocate, wrote. "He could have just done nothing. This is legitimizing transphobia."

The mOsT PrOgReSsIvE Administration in History™ funny-clown-hammer "A complicated issue with a wide range of views, and we respect that" funny-clown-hammer Fuck off out of here with that "centrist" nonsense. There's nothing complicated about it, and it's not an issue unless you want to turn it into one and want to appeal to people's emotions like Republicans are doing. It was only a matter of time before they'd start throwing trans people under the bus. I guess with the coming elections it's as good a time as ever.

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[-] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 58 points 2 years ago

I get soft on liberals, then I see them defend shit like this

America needs to be bombed to ash, and then occupied for a thousand years until no one even remembers it.

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Look, this is COMPLICATED! What if a cis girl gets a scholarship instead of my daughter and I don’t have any legal mechanisms to falsely accuse her of cheating?

[-] pisstoria@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago

yeah, it's a complicated issue when you're implementing mandatory penis inspections. very simple non-issue if you don't do mandatory penis inspections. even more of a non-issue if sports scholarships were completely unnecessary for obtaining an affordable education

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 56 points 2 years ago

"It is a complicated issue. It is truly a complicated issue, with a wide range of views, truly a wide range of views," Jean-Pierre said

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese" -Charles de Gaulle

[-] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago

Can we get that one trans liberal who was constantly saying shit about how great the democrats are for our trans rights?

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[-] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago

can you wait to have rights? The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetime™️is coming up and we can’t afford to lose the transphobes

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago

This sports transphobia is mostly directed at trans girls/femme/women, right?

Are they doing this shit to AFAB people in men's sports?

Regardless all this discourse is wrapped up in misogyny too, implying that people AFAB are always going to be worse at sports.

And it doesn't take into account the general unfairness in sports. Some people are born into wealthy families who can afford to feed their kids, get them healthcare, and train them into sports.

It's all the talking points about affirmative action, just in a different font.

[-] milistanaccount09@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

yes. You will notice though that the primary direction of transphobic rhetoric is aimed at trans women and not trans men. this is a result of misogyny at its core. this is part of the phenomenon of transmisogyny, the intersection of misogyny and transphobia

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[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago

Yes, trans men are being forced to compete against women against their will. They never cared about fairness, it's entirely about hurting trans people.

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[-] JohannaChittarra@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago

Wow! I love having my continued existence being labelled “complicated” by people in high elected offices.

[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago

Because? Are we pretending every trans athlete is Lebron James now

[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago

Lol I also know where this argument is going

So when do we start testing the levels of all athletes? When do we start banning physically taller people as well? That’s the only way to ensure the fairness you’re concern trolling about, right?

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