Because of the trans thing. Trans woman is an issue always. Nobody gives a fuck about trans man. You know why? Because it’s not a physical issue anymore. That’s just a simple fact. And, just because he goes against the grain of the ultra liberal doesn’t mean he is not accepting of trans.
Homelessness isn't a fucking joke, asshole. Our governor should be helping them and not just destroying their tents, hoping that these people just drop dead. What's funny about that?
Shut the fuck up bitch. The governor has done plenty and the amount of public money spent is immense. I with the public has supported many initiatives, so fuck u for thinking otherwise. The problem is our system that creates homelessness. We shouldn’t let cities be unkempt due to homelessness.
His plan was to take funding away from cities that had too many tents. How does it help the homelessness crisis if he's forcing cities to destroy their tents under the threat of removing funding? If he's this cool with throwing trans ppl under the bus, I worry he will make homelessness illegal.
I mean that's the most recent thing anyway, there was also carving out senseless massive tax benefits for Panera because one of his rich friends is a large stakeholder there.
The last 8 years have taught you nothing. I am so sick of liberals shooting themselves in the foot and then playing victim. Everything that’s coming for us, you deserve it.
I think we better have these conversations now, given the praise Trump got for ending this, anyone running needs to take a look at how they want to be received!
Again. Human rights arent a debate. If thats what you want to bend on, its no different than just being the GOP. I see no difference between you and them.
Shifting your morals for money has a name, it’s called “prostitution”. Someone send @gavinnewsom.bsky.social some hot pink spandex, he’s out there on the street corner looking shameful
Dem voters: we want someone to stand up to fascists, not give them even more platform. Please stand strong for science, equality, common good, human rights, Ukraine, ethical tech, nature, education, consumer protection.
Dem leadership: so, I’m hearing you want us to roll over to Trump more, got it.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social you can just eat a dick, homie. people actually considered you for pres in 2028, I'mma fuckin tell you right now, as soon as your governorship is done, your career is over.
I voted for @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Currently pissed at him for giving a right winger (Kirk) a platform on his podcast & finding “common ground” in the flawed assumption female trans athletes have an advantage; data says otherwise. He is pandering to bigoted conservatives & alienating his base.
Trans people exist and we support them. Not up for debate. Newsom mentioned his teen looked up to Kirk. Yikes! Instead of having Kirk, why not host a sociologist studying right wing radicalization of teens via gaming platforms/social media & discussing what parents can do? More meaningful content.
See the thing is, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is still just another slimy, straight, white man when it comes down to it. He showed his true colors. And threw his political career into the toilet, like an idiot.
What’s wrong with being a straight white male? If I’m born straight white and male, should I kill myself after becoming self aware? What about being straight white and male makes someone inherently evil? Seriously, I’m curious
Shame on you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social. In the 1960's my mother told me about a friend's son. Her friend's son was killed in San Francisco for being a homosexual. In the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and now, there were a number of stories about gay men being beaten and killed just for being gay.
Homosexual is not the same as trans. Stop confusing the conversation. Women shouldn't be losing out on scholarships to men who've transitioned after puberty
Your unfounded hate isn't helping anyone.
If you want to help women, help women. But don't use us as a shield for your bigotry. Find a real issue that needs addressing.
imagine trying to get someone to excuse you because of a meaningless title which tries to hold a binary in a world of colors, full of people so blinded by the binary that they are unable to see how the two defined ends are moving closer to each other, so much so that they too become bigoted
My point is Homosexuals were the focus of the right for discrimination, beatings and killings; now, it's the Trans community. The NCAA had rules for the amount of Testosterone used in Women's sports. Once their transformation is complete, those who have transitioned are women.
I'm an old, fat, white guy who sees human beings of all types, races and colors. There doesn't seem to be any reason, with the exception of fear of the other, to discriminate against other human beings for being different.
Look I'm not saying you are a russian agent provocateur, but this is roughly how a russian provovoteur would respond to "trans women are women" in the current climate.
hahahahahahahaha, you should leave, you and people like you are very unwelcome. If you don't want people telling you to KYS, stop sharing opinions that necessitate it.
How many times has that happened? And how many times does it need to happen to justify supporting someone who is going to support, or at least not oppose, policies that will imperil the lives of thousands of trans people at all ages, whether they’re involved in sports or not?
Also (spoiler alert) the reason homosexuality is involved is because trans people are being used as a test case for stripping civic and medical freedoms from LGBTQ people, and even women! So, you’re all genuinely in this together, whether you’re cheering for them from the stands or not.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social you are well aware, children are committing suicide due to the pressures upon themselves for not being allowed to be who they are supposed to be, the trans community are being beaten and killed just for being who they are supposed to be. These are human beings. Just stop.
Let's not let science get in the way. The Felon is eliminating anyone in government who shows his lack of intelligence and/or is not a sycophant of the Felon. Once the transition is complete, they are women playing in women's sports.
You are why Democrats keep losing. No one is going to be perfect, but the number of trans athletes is so small & could be addressed in a way that worked for everyone. But you want to sabotage democracy over it, you’re the stupid one.
Shut the fuck up. And for your information, it's not *just* about how he stabbed trans ppl in the back. He hates the homeless, too. He's a fucking asshole who treats his citizens like we're below him. Most of us want that sociopath gone.
Then vote him out. Organize, get out the vote, do all those things. Or just sit on social media and complain. There’s that too. It doesn’t accomplish anything, but maybe it makes you feel better.
It probably is a Russian online endeavor, to use such hyperbole over this issue. These people equate the inability to play sports with an unfair advantage, with somehow removing all rights from trans people. Of course they are totally different things. This ridiculous idea is partly why Harris lost.
Term limits - he can’t run again- he’s aiming to run for President and thinks having conversations with the MAGA cult Nazi influencers might help him understand how to win over those voters. He’s going about it the wrong way. Dude is a snake — they slither on both sides of the aisle.
Friendly reminder you're most likely gonna get picked up by a sectary instead of the actual dude. So get everyone you know to spam the number so they'll be forced to make a response instead of deleting your call.
I am a true to the bone, forever dyed blue, Democratic woman. Pro choice, gun control, Trump apposing liberal. I however do not believe transgender women should be competing in sports with non transgender woman. Their size is an unfair and dangerous advantage. That is not equality in my eyes.
The drugs trans women take make them produce even less testosterone than CIS women, not too mention a myriad other reasons science just totally disagrees with you. Educate yourself and join the right side of history.
They do have challenges, as do CIS females... Premenstrual, menstrual, pregnancies, hormonal - from puberty. We all have issues. But bodymass? I will believe transfemales are larger, those I know certainly are, until I see a research that proves transgender females are the same size as CIS.
Your feels are not fact. If you wanted to, you could find those studies with a quick google search. Typically, while weight and height are higher in trans women, but body composition is not different. Body composition has much more effect on athleticism than height/weight.
Hey, so you are doing that really transphobic thing where you assume trans women are cis men, even though there are biological differences even prior to transition
Trans people are biological not cis, hope that helps
The article is too long for this space but from everything I’ve read says, even after three years time after transition, trans females still have an advantage over cis-females. I’m sorry this isn’t what we want to hear but we can’t just ignore the science.
says it wouldn’t be fair to cis-females. “Male physiology cannot be reformatted by estrogen therapy in transwoman athletes because testosterone has driven permanent effects through early life exposure. This descriptive critical review discusses the inherent male physiological advantages that lead /2
I was curious about what Governor Newsome said, as well. I looked it up and various sites backed him up. I, too, am an ally and believe people have a right to be exactly who they feel they should be. Trans females should be able to participate in sports if they want. However, everything I’ve read /1
I hear your concern but let me give you some facts: 1. Body size isn't the issue. It is very varied even among people of even the same gender. When I played sports in school, we had tall, tough, muscular girls on our teams as well as short frailer types and everyone competed equally on the same team
I understand that as when I played I was considered a taller female. But transfemales on average are several inches taller. Bigger boned frames don't diminish with hormones. They may become weaker, but their length doesn't shrink.
It's not the big issue you think it is. A lil perspective: The average height of a man in the US is 5'9". The average height of a WNBA player is 6'. I have guy friends who I can easily outdo in running and pushups because I keep up with weightlifting and am very athletic while they are not.
2. Excluding trans women from sports invites gender policing, which can subject any girl to invasive tests or accusations of being "too masculine" or "too good" at their sport to be a "real" girl. I'm tall, like to wear baggier pants and have shorter hair and hate makeup. Does that make a "guy'?
3. The exclusion of transgender women from women's sports is a violation of human rights obligations under the principle of non-discrimination. Categoric exclusions of transgender women may be regarded as hate speech. It's perpetuating hate and giving others more leeway to commit hate crimes.
I truly think we can resolve this too. It feels like an unfair advantage toward even a mediocre transgender female. I have fought too long for equality for woman. I hate to see woman once again settle because the larger, stronger transgender females will eclipse nontransgender females.
I hear you, but it's really not an issue b/c transgirls in sports & overall are such a small percentage of the population. And if we're really that concerned about inequality in sports based on biology, we'd have to make more separations than just gender. Weight, height, thigh size, arm length etc
4. Perhaps the real issue is why don't trans girls feel comfortable playing on a boys' team? Why is our culture so obsessed with what denotes a boy vs a girl. Beyond biology. We need to shift our culture of vilifying differences to acceptance and respect no matter what someone looks like.
I, a cis woman, play a contact sport. I am 5'7" and 200lbs. A trans woman I play against is 5'9" and 130lbs. She's fast, but I knock her ass all over the place. A cis woman I play with is 5'4" and 150lbs. She tosses me around like I'm a paper doll in a tornado.
Lastly, trans athletes have been competing in the Olympics, the NCAA, and even high/middle schools for a while now and there are guidelines from these athletic bodies that govern and ensure fair competition. This just hasn’t been an issue until the right exploited it as part of their culture war.
Btw, trans women usually have been taking estrogen for years prior which greatly reduces their muscle mass. In fact, testing in the Olympics has shown that these athletes muscle mass is no more or less than their cis-gender competitors… not the advantage you think, so you can put down the kool-aid
If muscle mass, height, weight etc. is the criteria for determining “fair” competition, then we’d better create divisions in both men’s and women’s sports because there are already large differences that exist within each group, even if you remove trans athletes from the equation.
It would be like middle school. I can remember our state (Illinois in the early 80s) divided middle school basketball teams into the lightweights and heavyweights… so stupid haha.
There has always been and always will be physical advantages when it comes to competition, even among cisgender peers
When I was 13 years old, I was on two swim teams—I had to swim in the group with 18-year-olds. How was that fair? Girls come in all shapes and sizes and powers. Is it unfair that I swam with taller, stronger, older girls? Their reach and muscle far outdid mine, and no one complained.
They make things as fair as they can make them. Separating by gender is what makes most sense. Life isn’t fair. We do our best. Most people want to fight for trans people but foaming at the mouth far left wingers are sabotaging themselves
At age 12/13, I signed up for JV basketball. That year, the school didn't have enough players to fill both JV and varsity teams so we merged into a single varsity team. Sixth- and seventh-grade first-time players getting whupped by upperclassmen at practice, then sitting on the bench at games. 🤣
You people refuse to acknowledge that the majority of voters in the United States echo what newsome said in that interview. I suspect you just want Democrats to continue losing.
It's not a human right to be able to compete athletically with whomever you want to. You might consider it the end of the world to be told that, but the rest of the world does not consider it an issue.
It wasn't about bathrooms. It's not about sports. It has always been about providing convenient cover for a gateway toward pushing for further disenfranchisement of trans people toward their complete expulsion from public life. There is no real reason not to support trans athletes.
What’s right isn’t always what’s popular. People need to be told what is good for them and Americans need to get dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century
No doubt, you're defining "shifting right" as saying anything you disagree with. But there is a center in the country, and to win elections, you have to win voters from it.
“Not voting” beat Harris and Trump by wide margins in the last election. Do you really think it’s easier to flip a Trump voter to Dems compared to flipping someone who sat the last election out?
Democrats already are the center. The people they're trying to appeal to, specifically by actively opposing the human rights of marginalized groups on the same grounds Nazis used in the 1930s, aren't the center.
you guys have fallen into the realpolitik trap. Liberal means distribution of authority. conservative means centralization of authority. governments centralize authority until they get so self centered, they kill you. Liberals slow that down No one else does.
The people who come for the health and safety of my trans comrades are the ones who are going to lose, one way or another. I don't care if its Proud Boys or pussy-hatted Democrats.
the majority of voters didn't support interracial marriage until the 1990s.
By your logic, Richard and Mildred Loving were "wrong" for daring to suing the state of Virginia in 1967 claiming they had a right to get married: according to you, no they didn't, they should've waited until it was popular!
You also want us to just ignore that it didn't become popular until AFTER it was legalized.
This "you can't appear in public until 'regular people' say you can appear in public. in purely unrelated news 'regular people' don't know you exist and never will" thing is bullshit and you know it.
If the only way they can win is by selling out the people whose rights they’re supposed to be safeguarding then yes, I’m cool with them continuing to lose
Some of you need to look up the data. It is a falsehood that trans athletes have an advantage. But I think y'all want to believe what your bias feels. I am a proud mother of a trans woman. They struggle in life. Y'all aren't helping their mental health.
The fact that our politicians on both sides USE trans ppl to get reelected & put all trans ppl in enormous danger in the process, should be punishable by death as far as I’m concerned. I’m done with these scumbags & I’m so sorry for your daughter to have to be living in this horrible country. ❤️
Im a female,I used to beat the men in tackle football,they got mad,kicked me off the team.I dated a lot of men that were intimidated by my strength. My ex is 6’4 250 of muscle and he HATES that Ive always been stronger.. Im 5’9 189lbs..men being stronger is false.. we just let their egos think that😩
Have you ever seen Ukrainian/russian woman?? U post their flag bit u dnt know about their culture, those are some tough ladies, probably cld throw most American men easily, Archeological research has found woman warriors in fighting gear.. we are NOT a one off.. 🤔🙄🤦🏻♀️
And after being on hormone therapy for a while, the differences shrink dramatically. Trans women have significantly lower muscle and bone density than a cis man.
Yes, typically at least one year. Testosterone suppression and HRT. The Olympic require blood work. But as we saw in Paris,a biological born woman, Imane Khelif, was austrisized even though she is a cisgender woman, for presenting more masculine.
Can you point me to some data? I'm open to being wrong but on a purely physical basis, I see an unfair advantage in sports only, but please help change my mind.
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It’s not “strategic”, it’s cruel and evil.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/gavin-newsom-breaks-with-democrats-on-trans-athletes-in-sports-00215436
-Matthew Rycroft
Trans rights are non-negotiable
(nothing against you 😜)
And a @muellershewrote.bsky.social podcast listen + an article, and it seems ol’ Gavin is painting with a broader brush than I expected.
Dem leadership: so, I’m hearing you want us to roll over to Trump more, got it.
complicit?
imagine that <1>
no one will vote for you after this.
@theboobla32.bsky.social seems to know the story.
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If you want to help women, help women. But don't use us as a shield for your bigotry. Find a real issue that needs addressing.
also if me defending my community makes me a troll then cool, I’m a big troll
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hope this helps!
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Trans people are biological not cis, hope that helps
women are women
even when a doctor saw a winkle and said "ope, that's a boy"
or didn't and decided "girl"
trans women are NOT automatically larger and stronger
that is a lie you've been sold
trans women are not men, and they are not automatically "larger [and] stronger"
this is just wrong
There has always been and always will be physical advantages when it comes to competition, even among cisgender peers
If he wants to extend a hand to regular people, go meet and listen.
I want to hear this is #1 over.. THE COUNTRY 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
#WhiteHouseDown
I think he should stop watching Bill Maher - it isn’t helping him.
By your logic, Richard and Mildred Loving were "wrong" for daring to suing the state of Virginia in 1967 claiming they had a right to get married: according to you, no they didn't, they should've waited until it was popular!
This "you can't appear in public until 'regular people' say you can appear in public. in purely unrelated news 'regular people' don't know you exist and never will" thing is bullshit and you know it.
Opposition to bodily autonomy impacts everybody, babe. There is no real division in rights, here. You're attacking your own ownership of your body.
https://www.change.org/p/recall-california-governor-gavin-newsom-ca505dd2-c765-48c0-b613-fed0208ace8d
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@newsomfan.bsky.social
🖕🏾Newsome.
I will NEVER vote for him. I would rather write in Bugs Bunny as a candidate.