As a schoolboy in the 70s I was sent to the town hairdresser for a "Haircut boy!" by the headmaster.
The lady thought I was a girl and gave me a lovely feathered cut.
The head wasn't pleased but I got a new girlfriend that afternoon.
I wish this was shocking. Women and the trans/queer community have been yelling this for years while the cis community demonized things they don’t understand.
and i wonder, what evidence exactly would have been enough 'proof' for them? fuck them and fuck anyone who thinks that little children in particular should have to prove to anyone what genitals they do or do not have
Many little girls w/ short (or long) hair who like to play sports are "tomboys". I was one, so I know what I'm talking about. (Maybe that's an old fashioned way to put it. I played sports w/ neighbor boys before 1972's Title IX forced colleges to fund women's sports if they accepted federal funds.)
JFC! Sounds like pedophiles are acting like they are "protecting female athletes": "Show me your genitals" is a load of crap! Many transgendered girls "present" as feminine until puberty (I'm oversimplifying, sorry). Don't allow these sickos to demand to see your child's genitals! Let kids be kids!
Effen crazy... If I was her dad...I'd have a private talk with that coach. I'm originally from Brooklyn NY. He'd be sh!tt¡ng his teeth for a week.
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They say that when they want to pretend that trans boys don’t exist and are actually just sporty girls who like having short hair but have been “brainwashed” into thinking that means they have to be boys. When it’s time to accept actual sporty girls with short hair as girls, though….
TERFs were the ones who promoted the “Save The Tomboys” shit, as if they wouldn’t be the first ones to start transvestigating cis girls with short hair in locker rooms.
I was a tall child and when competing in county swimming as an 11 year old I was winning races. Parents of kids were openly complaining I must be older and so cheating. I was too tall. It was very upsetting. Same rubbish just different parameters. Competition seems to breed brain rot in parents.
Read the comments because I hate myself and one of the most liked ones says you do have to ask for evidence of gender to “keep boys out of girls sports” and I’m afraid Britain is a country lost to terf brain, you do not actually (directly or indirectly) ever have to ask what genitals someone has
It's the Daily Mail comment section though. I've never been there, but I assume it's full of racism and anti-immigrant hysteria all the time, and that's not representative of Britain as a whole.
Sorry, got caught up being angry at transphobes so I didn't read the entirety of your message... You're brilliant, I'm glad you're here, and I hope you live forever, you shouldn't hate yourself because you rock and anyone who disagrees with that is dumb as fuck
Ask them to name a trans athlete, when they mention Caitlyn Jenner remind them she transitioned after she won, and ask them to name a trans athlete again.
Demanding to check a child's genitals sounds astonishingly close to child sexual exploitation to me. I wonder if these people have heard of the Sexual Offences Act...
it literally is. all of this is child sex abuse. genital inspections, HRT bans, all of it. these sick fascist fucks are targeting children because they have no rights, and so are the easiest to oppress.
Just try to remember that things used to be even worse - not in a "appreciate that it's only THIS bad" way, but in a "it eventually gets better" way ❤️
It's unfortunately never been surprising to me, from that DM demographic. I was privately schooled. Saw firsthand the abject cruelty - delivered through twee obfuscations - that can be justified to keep things Good and Proper.
Maybe ~12 years ago I was managing a team of u/16 girls in our local comp. A parent on the other team demaded proof that one of our players was a girl. Couldn’t wrap my head around it. How did she think we would check she was a girl? “Drop your shorts Molly there’s a good girl” 😡
That one coach that is demanding them to show their bodies like that must be a pedophile and are using the trans narrative to get their dose of a naked child.
Absolute nonce behaviour. My nephew has had long hair since he was a toddler and only in the last year or so that he's been misgendered in public, it's horrifying.
Do you mean bad-faith misgendered as a supposed insult, or someone was genuinely mistaken? Honestly, it happened to me many times (last time when I was 33 years old a couple years back). When I was fifteen, it would bother me, but now I think that both this (being bothered) and using misgendering as
People do it passive-aggressively and pretend it’s an innocent mistake, because they want to embarrass the person and put social pressure on them to conform - they want to shame and humiliate non-conformers so that they feel too self-conscious to do anything other than conform.
Maybe some do, but honestly, I didn't encounter this sort of behaviour since high school at least. Granted, I've got plenty of facial hair and broad shoulders, so it only ever happens when someone looks at me from behind and focuses too much on my hair
an insult, are just symptomatic of a societal problem with sexism and overly rigid gendering. Thankfully, I've outgrown that, and usually find it just as amusing as when I get asked for ID when buying liquor
I think most of it is done in error but it's never happened to him before so it's worrying that people are more comfortable questioning his gender in public.
Well, I don't think making a mistake is the same as questioning someone's gender. If it's good faith and they behave appropriately when the mistake is pointed out then it's just an awkward interaction, like mistaking a stranger for someone you know and talking to them in a supermarket.
So the protectors of women and girls are not protectors at all.
Pay attention the people who let their hatred of the unknown with trans people - they are using trans people to push women back into the 1900s. Ask yourself why are republicans really so focused on trans women. Why is that?
The fact the someone wants to check what's in someone panties should not surprise anyone. The people say they are only trying to protect cisgender girls are the ones who set it up so the girls can be abused and SA.
British media and right wing think tanks take the same sloppy shouldered approach: 'we just put the talking points out there, we can't possibly be responsible if people independently put it into effect'.
They unfortunately see this less of a problem they created (which it is) rather a justification of why they believe society should enforce strict gender roles. Sigh...they just keep enabling the hurt and abuse of children.
Funny how TERFs scream endlessly about "safeguarding" when it comes to trans people even being in the proximity of children, yet seem to be perfectly fine with *waves hands* all of this.
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The lady thought I was a girl and gave me a lovely feathered cut.
The head wasn't pleased but I got a new girlfriend that afternoon.
What's that? Absolute silence from all of them?
It's a bunch of kids kicking a ball, with maybe a plastic trophy at the end of the season.
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They don't see this and think "wow what a horrible thing to do", they see this and think "wow what a horrible thing the Transgenders made him do"
It's always been about gender stereotypes/conformity for TERFs.
Disgusting.
Therefore, nothing should be surprising
For silly behaviors are rewarded
Similarly it’s very representative of all the other kinds of bigotry even though (for now) they’re not explicitly encouraged.
This is an actual problem, and you need to take it seriously.
RFU allowed contact rugby at an earlier age than the age at which they segregated sexes.
The entire system must be smashed.
Sorry, not sorry, coaches, teachers, principles that want this need TAS level review -- snapping rubber gloves included.
Remind me again what the RF in TERF stands for 🤔
Or at least, that's what it should be.
Or FARTs...
It's what I call them anyway.
We are plagued with foul FARTs.
They’re probably loving getting to generate more ragebait for their following. Then they’ll paint it as being trans people’s fault anyway… 😩
I wish there were consequences for media which stirs up hate but we all know that’s never coming. 😢
Pay attention the people who let their hatred of the unknown with trans people - they are using trans people to push women back into the 1900s. Ask yourself why are republicans really so focused on trans women. Why is that?
when transphobic violence 👇
No way!! Stop the presses!!! We got a news story! We’ll call it No Shit, Sherlock!!
little girls show them their private parts.