"You know that thing you don't understand and therefore don't like? Well they are that thing!!!! GET 'EM!"

the transphobes first tried to use it as an excuse to attack them, and then when it turned out they weren't even trans, they doubled down even more.

I'm not familiar with this case. Can you elaborate on what happened and your take on it pls?

got hit a lil too hard

I hope Rowling ends up bankrupt. More people need to sue her hateful ass

Sure do. I also hope more fact checking becomes part of press, media and social media. It isn't healthy to have masses run wild with their theories based on little to no evidence and end up harassing one individual.

Yes, transphobia can be aimed at cis people, just as it’s still homophobic to call a straight man a f*g.

yes it is. when sikhs got terrorized it was still islamophobia, and when cis men are bullied for being effeminate it's still misogyny and/or homophobia.

what do you mean feeding the trolls? this is not trolling. this is transphobes being brain broken and paranoid so they're transvestigating cis people. fucking jowling kowling took part in it.

it's not trolling, it's bigotry. you don't stay silent on bigotry.

In my opinion you don't get sympathy points for being incompetent at transphobia. They were treating her like shit because they hate trans people. The fact that she's not trans doesn't change that.

stop feeding the trolls

Like what? The newspapers that called her trans and said she didn't have any place in the sport??

So should bigotry just be ignored then, even when it's mainstream? Just look the other way?

It is absolutely tranphobia. They’re accusing her of being trans and cheating.

Transphobia is often directed at cis women who aren’t classically beautiful. It’s why transphobia is often also a form of misogyny. And why TERFs are morons who are only hurting themselves.

This sounds pretty inclusive. It's like the weight classes, somewhat.

Not trying to counter your point, but female athletes that don’t dope don’t ever become super muscular. Like, look at Khelif. She has just proven she is the best in the world in a combat sport, and she still doesn’t look muscular to the point of looking male. The transphobes mainly came at her because her face isn’t super feminine, which doesn’t really have anything to do with boxing.

I occasionally hear women saying they don’t want to do workouts that target their upper body, and I’m always baffled because it’s not like they’ll ever even slightly look like a dude lol.

In this case bout means boxing match

"her gold medal bout" is a phrase. Try putting a comma after it, to help you read the sentence.

Around and about are similar, in that round and bout are both nouns. Bout comes something meaning bend, specifically from a circuit of a plow making a field. A bout then takes on the exact same meaning as a round etymologically, though they mean different things in boxing. https://www.etymonline.com/word/bout

It would have been just as bad. She likely would have been attacked at home as well instead if embraced by her country.

Transphobes are brain broken and would have made her life hell at home.

and lovers to friends?