Which candidate are you talking about, and who did they sacrifice? I'm not being sarcastic; I really want to understand your point.
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Gavin Newsom has an extremely mixed record on trans rights. While he has supported some positive measures, he completely sold out the community by accepting the "fairness in sports" language used by the right as the thin end of the wedge. There is no good scientific evidence that trans women 1/
aug 16, 2025, 1:23 pm • 2 0 • view
have an advantage in sports; see @kirstimiller30.bsky.social for actual solid information on this. It is usually blown out of all proportion. He banned trans kids from engaging in sport at school to appease the fascists. As the parent of a kid who loved sport and was devastated when he had to give2/
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up soccer for lack of an inclusive team where we live (not the US fortunately) at a time when his mental heath needed all the support it could get, I've seen some of the impact of this kind of cruelty, an impact which is far greater and more widespread than any impact the tiny number of trans 3/
aug 16, 2025, 1:31 pm • 2 0 • view
elite athletes could have on "fairness in sport". Your replies are full of trans people telling you they feel unsafe with Newsom. Why are you not listening to them? 4/4
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