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“It’s seen as” Is the crucial statement there. Not “it is”. > It affects women and parents of girls No it doesn’t. It’s a new boogeyman to demonize that isn’

by afavour 2mo ago

“It’s seen as” Is the crucial statement there. Not “it is”. > It affects women and parents of girls No it doesn’t. It’s a new boogeyman to demonize that isn’t actually a factor in almost anyone’s lives. Not to mention that the people pushing this issue are proposing things like genital inspections to ensure the boogeyman never arrives: https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-republicans-pass-bill-genital-examinations-schoolchildren-students-transgender-1792954 https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-republicans-pass-bill-genita... As the parent of a girl I’m a hell of a lot more concerned about that than I am of a trans kid wanting to play sports.

ipaddr 2mo ago
The genitals inspections are a result of trans issue. Not concerning yourself with one issue that creates the issue you dislike is shortsighted. I agree with "seen as" vibes think of the children era being foolish but its what liberal parents are talking about. Mega followers never accepted trans in sport or life so this doesn't change viewpoints.
- CamperBob2 2mo ago
  The genitals inspections are a result of trans issue. Not concerning yourself with one issue that creates the issue you dislike is shortsighted. The "issue" is only an "issue" because some people on Fox News told you it was an "issue." Ask what you're being distracted from.
- the_gastropod 2mo ago
  What are you even talking about? Trans folks didn’t suddenly pop into existence in 2014 or whatever, and force conservatives to recognize them. There’ve been trans people since the beginning of human civilization. As with so many of these culture war topics, this outrage was just pulled from nowhere one day to rile up Fox News viewers after they’d adequately calmed down about Obama’s tan suit. Suddenly, not wanting trans folks to participate in civilization, Conservatives have gone all in on the transvestigation bullshit that includes genital inspections, accusing conventionally less feminine-looking cis women of being men, etc. These people are just bigots.
blikn 2mo ago
No-one is asking for "genital inspections". This is a claim invented for the purpose of sidestepping the fairness argument.
- esseph 2mo ago
  Oh really? https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/washington-students-sports-genital-exams/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/washington-students-s...
  - blikn 2mo ago
    Yes. Read the text of bill linked from that article. There is nothing in there that mandates "genital inspection" for the purpose of sex verification in sports. It merely provides an option of reusing existing health data that has already been collected. But of course data reuse isn't a sufficiently controversial framing, so a "genital inspection" angle is pushed instead by the author of the article.
    - esseph 2mo ago
      The initiative would require students who want to participate in girls’ sports to provide “a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student’s personal health care provider that verifies the student’s biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”
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by afavour 2mo ago

ipaddr 2mo ago

The genitals inspections are a result of trans issue. Not concerning yourself with one issue that creates the issue you dislike is shortsighted. I agree with "seen as" vibes think of the children era being foolish but its what liberal parents are talking about. Mega followers never accepted trans in sport or life so this doesn't change viewpoints.

CamperBob2 2mo ago
The genitals inspections are a result of trans issue. Not concerning yourself with one issue that creates the issue you dislike is shortsighted. The "issue" is only an "issue" because some people on Fox News told you it was an "issue." Ask what you're being distracted from.
the_gastropod 2mo ago
What are you even talking about? Trans folks didn’t suddenly pop into existence in 2014 or whatever, and force conservatives to recognize them. There’ve been trans people since the beginning of human civilization. As with so many of these culture war topics, this outrage was just pulled from nowhere one day to rile up Fox News viewers after they’d adequately calmed down about Obama’s tan suit. Suddenly, not wanting trans folks to participate in civilization, Conservatives have gone all in on the transvestigation bullshit that includes genital inspections, accusing conventionally less feminine-looking cis women of being men, etc. These people are just bigots.

blikn 2mo ago

No-one is asking for "genital inspections". This is a claim invented for the purpose of sidestepping the fairness argument.

esseph 2mo ago
Oh really? https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/washington-students-sports-genital-exams/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/washington-students-s...
- blikn 2mo ago
  Yes. Read the text of bill linked from that article. There is nothing in there that mandates "genital inspection" for the purpose of sex verification in sports. It merely provides an option of reusing existing health data that has already been collected. But of course data reuse isn't a sufficiently controversial framing, so a "genital inspection" angle is pushed instead by the author of the article.
  - esseph 2mo ago
    The initiative would require students who want to participate in girls’ sports to provide “a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student’s personal health care provider that verifies the student’s biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”
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