LGBT rights in the USA today...

[Teacher Terry]

IL, I agree that men that have gone through puberty should not compete in women’s sports. If it’s allowed then women’s sports will be ruined. I am sick of people that say studies show that suppressing testosterone is enough when men benefit from the muscle build up prior to drug treatment. There’s also people that genetically don’t have the typical chromosomes of male or female and since these are biological syndromes rules can be made that cover these things.

If you choose to be trans then you are opting out of participating in women’s sports, scholarships for women only, etc. I know homosexuality is not a choice and really don’t know if being trans is or not. In trying to be inclusive our country is going to the extreme and it’s bizarre. I actually never thought these types of things would be such big issues.

[iris lilies]

Agreed, the testosterone fueled puberty of natal men builds physiques of superior bone and muscle marriages, big lung capacity, large frames and hands/feet, etc.

It was hysterically funny in a WTF? way when Lia Thomas tied with Riley Gaines in one of their swim events, and the officials had only one trophy to hand out during a photo op. Guess which swimmer got that trophy? Lia! ‘Cause we are woke and need to show it. They sent Riley‘s trophy later to her in the mail, second rate female that she is.

see, it isn’t so much the ridiculous expectations of trans folks that bugs me as the insane eagerness of the “allies” to accommodate this bullshit.

The shop teacher in Canada who walks around with giant faux breasts would ONLY have been doing that in the privacy of her own home a few years ago. We do not need to accommodate that level of insanity in school. Our friend bae thinks I’m dissing the giant breasted person in my post above, but no, I’m really complaining about all the school officials who were unable to put that insanity to rest due to societal expectations.

[littlebittybobby]

Okay---We've almost solved that particular social issue by discussing it here for weeks. So anyway---Let's move on; Move Forward to a discussion of Reparations for Alphabet People, to maybe not atone for past injustices, but at least compensate them monetarily. Money is nice, don't you agree? But yeah---anyone who perceives they've been wronged in any fashion because they're a member of the Alphabet People Community, should be entitled to Cash Compensation, and an apolology from any politician who wants to get elected. Plus--receive preferential treatment, from now on. Hope that helps you some. Thankk mee. You may proceed to agree with meee.

[bae]

Our friend bae thinks I’m dissing the giant breasted person in my post above,...

No. I expressed concern over your sampling techniques and the reasonableness of any conclusions drawn from your dataset. And I'm a Bayesian.

[iris lilies]

No. I expressed concern over your sampling techniques and the reasonableness of any conclusions drawn from your dataset. And I'm a Bayesian.

That one situation of giant boobed trans woman is an outrageous, outlier situation. Yet it went on for weeks. It was good for clickbait, but there is something real there in the inability of the school administration to deal quickly and effectively with it, real and worthy of discussion.

there was something real in swimming officials’ choice to give Lia Thomas the trophy. Why not flip a coin for it? That situation is real and worthy of discussion.

[jp1]

And the ‘small government’ republicans in Missouri strike again. To paraphrase failed PA senate candidate Dr Snake Oil Salesman, ‘your adult transgender care health decisions should be between you, your doctor, and your state government’.

These clowns never fail to impress. Sorry Iris, I’ll stop dunking on your state’s pathetic Republican politicians when they stop acting like dickwads.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/mis...ibextid=Zxz2cZ

[bae]

Missouri. Hmmm....

Didn't Missouri State Senator Moon, a supporter of the transgender bills, also support marriage of 12-year-olds, with parental permission?

[iris lilies]

And the ‘small government’ republicans in Missouri strike again. To paraphrase failed PA senate candidate Dr Snake Oil Salesman, ‘your adult transgender care health decisions should be between you, your doctor, and your state government’.

These clowns never fail to impress. Sorry Iris, I’ll stop dunking on your state’s pathetic Republican politicians when they stop acting like dickwads.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/mis...ibextid=Zxz2cZ

Adults should get to do whatever they want do with their bodies even if they want to completely **** it up which is what a lot of this medical treatment stuff is. And I don’t think that at the magic age of 18 suddenly people get smart and understand all of the consequences of medicalized affirming care, but there has to be an age cut off so 18 it is.

[jp1]

Yes. 18 is a random age but we trust 18 year olds with guns and with the ability to sign contracts. And we also hold them accountable for college loans. So yeah, if we’re going to do all that then anyone 18 or over should be able to do whatever they want with their body. If only the Missouri legislature would get the memo.

[iris lilies]

And the ‘small government’ republicans in Missouri strike again. To paraphrase failed PA senate candidate Dr Snake Oil Salesman, ‘your adult transgender care health decisions should be between you, your doctor, and your state government’.

These clowns never fail to impress. Sorry Iris, I’ll stop dunking on your state’s pathetic Republican politicians when they stop acting like dickwads.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/mis...ibextid=Zxz2cZ

and yet, you’ve been completely silent on Lia Thomas and her cohorts invading women’s sports. Why don’t you talk about an issue rather than or in addition to flinging mud at people, even if they are deserving of the mud? At this point, I think that you can’t really debate issues, you just are not capable of it.