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Truthiness (because truth matters) @interlock92.bsky.social

I get the sports thing. But participation at every level of sports, say olympics, is not a clear cut issue in every case. There could be a fairness issue in some cases, which he's wrestling with. What else?

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aug 20, 2025, 11:08 pm • 0 0

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Sister Ingy @ingybedstang.bsky.social

The issue has been about more than fairness from the start, with the Right suddenly developing an interest only when it regarded a group they were flogging for fear & hate. The fact that Newsom was willing to entertain Fascist talking points about my community is enough and I get to say it's enough.

aug 20, 2025, 11:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Truthiness (because truth matters) @interlock92.bsky.social

But the fairness issue exists, & we don't know what Newsom will do regarding it. Maybe different based on level of competition? Here's a seemingly fair article that makes it seem like more research is needed. www.dw.com/en/do-trans-...

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aug 20, 2025, 11:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sister Ingy @ingybedstang.bsky.social

The Fairness Issue™ is something that wasn't an issue when sports bodies were handing it themselves backed by nonpartisan science. Anyone making the issue AN ISSUE is making their position on the humanity of my community for political self-benefit.

aug 20, 2025, 11:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Truthiness (because truth matters) @interlock92.bsky.social

I agree the GOP is using the issue to divide & hate. But fairness (as an issue) has been addressed for over a decade at least. Here is a 2014 study: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... and the IOC studied it again from 2019 to 2021 www.olympics.com/ioc/human-ri...

aug 21, 2025, 9:35 pm • 0 0 • view