Headlines like this keep me still hopeful. Now everyone in the nation will see the anti trans laws and will go through it with us, many for the first time. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll be turned off too. - ThreadSky

erininthemorning.com • 92 days ago

Headlines like this keep me still hopeful.

Now everyone in the nation will see the anti trans laws and will go through it with us, many for the first time.

Maybe, just maybe, they’ll be turned off too.

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quijohn.bsky.social•92 days ago

My understanding is that anti trans messaging is hugely unpopular according to polls, but they persist because of the frenzy the bigots have whipped up among themselves - primarily on twitter, from what I can tell

werechicken.bsky.social•92 days ago

It also doesn’t help the bigots got deep pockets and spent billions on anti trans ads this campaign season alone

alissa914.bsky.social•92 days ago

Then all these anti trans laws and bathroom bills should be gone any day now and people can stop bothering me in the bathroom…. Any day now….. still waiting

quijohn.bsky.social•92 days ago

This is where it's so fucked up - people don't like republican policies but elect republicans. As others have posted in this thread, it just seems most don't give a shit about trans people either way (even though 10 years ago the entire god damned world boycotted North Carolina over a bathroom bill)

alissa914.bsky.social•92 days ago

Yep. I remember the Daily Show went down there and pointed things out and would refuse to serve food to random people because they felt they were gay when they weren't.

Republican policies are always single focused. You can't convince them. They need a new target and then they stop.

calamityjai.bsky.social•92 days ago

The funny (not haha but ugh) is that searches for transgender porn have risen almost every year since said frenzy began. Almost like bigots are hiding something…

reeseourso.bsky.social•92 days ago

This election proved there are 77 million bigots to whip up. People with Trumpers in the family see first hand how these attacks have landed.

In TX, abortion restrictions are hugely unpopular.

Open-carry is hugely unpopular.

Popular or unpopular doesn’t matter to Christian Nationalists.

leejohnson.bsky.social•92 days ago

Because nobody actually cares about trans people, one way or the other. Sometimes it’s to our detriment but most people don’t even care about us enough to discriminate against us lol it’s these weird obsessed people who are really just mad cause they think we’re cute.

navkushal.bsky.social•92 days ago

I think Trans rights getting into limelight in the past few years and major trans figures getting centre stage pissed off people who had been dealing with survival issues. Times are really hard for people at the bottom rungs of the society. I favour all trans rights except trans people in sports. 😞

leejohnson.bsky.social•92 days ago

Competitive sports should be banned for all. Someone always has a biological advantage and we don’t want anyone getting hurt! If people need to focus on survival they shouldn’t be spending money on sports games anyway. Less circuses, more bread. They starve because billions of taxes go to stadiums

navkushal.bsky.social•92 days ago

Yes that's a really great idea, people who are poor and don't have the kind of facilities, nutrition and specialized help from professionals don't stand a chance in competitive sports anyways. Economic discrimination is self-evident.

leejohnson.bsky.social•92 days ago

Basically lol only kids I knew who could do sports were the rich ones. Besides people have shown the upcoming generations are equally entertained by esports so we can scrap the nonsense and they can just get zoom

contra-sci.bsky.social•92 days ago

This may be an interesting leverage politically. Appeal to those mentally exhausted from the culture war & label GOP as culture warriors and that one weird lady on the HOA obsessed with the length of your grass-type.

ushijiminy.bsky.social•92 days ago

trans people are largely a non issue that most americans simply dont think about. that is a positive in that in many real world situations people dont bawk at trans people and it is a negative in that most people wont consider our rights as a priority even as they are directly eroded.

o76923.bsky.social•92 days ago

Elon Musk and Joseph Edelman have spent untold millions on attacking trans people. It's a lucrative grift because a handful of bigots haven't been thrown into a thresher like they deserve.

lacywhite4ever.bsky.social•92 days ago

They think it helps them with suburban white women and with catholic people of color.

xxhollowxx.bsky.social•92 days ago

The craziest thing in this case is that the woman in the San Jose volleyball case isn't even confirmed to be transgender. 😮‍💨

phlegmpop.bsky.social•91 days ago

She's just not white enough, is the thing.

lauraellyn.bsky.social•92 days ago

Excellent article in the WaPo about this today

Especially notable:
A video analysis of Fleming’s spike speed actually shows that her velocity generation is somewhat pedestrian, and nowhere near the claims of 80mph spikes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/27/save-womens-sports-transgender-athletes/

feliciahart.bsky.social•92 days ago

The article is excellent. Nancy Armour has been a sports journalist for over 30 years, and has won awards for her incredible explanatory skills.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2024/11/25/san-jose-state-transgender-volleyball-ruling-mountain-west/76575142007/

no1listened.bsky.social•92 days ago

If it was truly about the sport, the anti trans wackos would be screeching football players who are bigger than their opponents shouldn't be allowed to play.
Note: it's not about the sport

capnshores.bsky.social•92 days ago

The anti-trans ads of the election were more damaging in terms of providing transphobic rhetoric to general society and the dems not creating attack ads against that language in general? THAT is allowing it to fester.

burgundyems.bsky.social•92 days ago

Yep. Dems just let the MAGA party define the trans issue and instead of saying they were wrong, the Dems mostly said trans issues are just a distraction. Some of them even caved to the anti-trans ads; they lost btw.

ericavogel.bsky.social•92 days ago

The outrage I’ve see from cis people that are now becoming allies has truly give me renewed hope. And I’m seeing it by the bucket full. It’s not a small amount.

nicoleintrovert.bsky.social•92 days ago

Never expected USA Today to be the one championing the truth, but here we are.

leejohnson.bsky.social•92 days ago

To be fair it’s an opinion piece not a regular article from them.

cherie19.bsky.social•91 days ago

The author who wrote it has written several pieces calling transphobic panic for what it is.

immapeacock.bsky.social•92 days ago

Blaire Flemming has neither confirmed nor denied she is a trans woman. Most of what I found on the Internet was grossly irresponsible right wing media outlets saying that she is in fact a transgender athlete and explaining how angry you should be about it.

immapeacock.bsky.social•92 days ago

The ones calling her transgender were the nicer ones.

gigafoxxx.bsky.social•92 days ago

Vital point. "Innocent until proven guilty" (not to say that being trans connotes any type of guilt) should be the main focus here.

matejcernoch.bsky.social•92 days ago

I honestly think that the media played along with Republican propaganda just to help elect Trump because the media missed the days of Trump when they prospered.

The media will sway more pro-trans and so will the public opinion under Trump.

turioun112.bsky.social•91 days ago

There is always hope stay strong keep fighting and I will never stop supporting you. No one is truly free until we all are. The bigots greatest fear is their farce being exposed. I say we expose them as much as they wanna check everyone else’s genitals.

nrvschultz.bsky.social•92 days ago

Forfeiting matches because of a transgender woman on the opposing team = making a mockery of every principle and value of team sports. I guess these MAGA ghouls no longer even care about winning. Truly disgusting behavior.

morganrulzokay.bsky.social•92 days ago

I for one will not despair when there is a righteous struggle for justice to be won! AND WE WILL WIN!!!

momofcb.bsky.social•92 days ago

Excellent article. SJSU is my Alma Mater. Thank you for sharing

techrstlamunus.bsky.social•92 days ago

she literally played multiple years with zero problem from anyone. this grandstanding bullshit is so irritating.

apparently, this all stemmed from the co-captain who transferred in. i guess she'll be the next riley gaines.

bschillace.brandyschillace.com•92 days ago

🤞

fantasmavie.bsky.social•92 days ago

Maybe

ndbyyguy.bsky.social•92 days ago

You're so brave!

bostonandrew.bsky.social•92 days ago

Some transphobes are just ignorant

reeseourso.bsky.social•92 days ago

Nancy Armour
@nrarmour.bsky.social wrote a great piece.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2024/11/25/san-jose-state-transgender-volleyball-ruling-mountain-west/76575142007/

mxjonescn.bsky.social•92 days ago

oh wow it’s so good!!

reeseourso.bsky.social•92 days ago

The links in the article to her other pieces are good, too. Such refreshing, common sense takes to this hate-fueled mess.

fantasmavie.bsky.social•92 days ago

@indiawilloughby.bsky.social

thatonefinkrat.bsky.social•92 days ago

I feel like with bigots, if the laws that are supposed to go against trans people end up going against them as well, they're probably just gonna blame us for "needing those laws"

jango627.bsky.social•92 days ago

Riley Gaines is a mega maga. She doesn’t give a single flying fuck about women. 😡

tfontenault.bsky.social•92 days ago

Outstanding headline. Meanwhile, this is the reaction to Orlando Pride star Barbra Banda, a cisgender woman, being named Women’s Footballer of the Year by the BBC.

werechicken.bsky.social•92 days ago

Yeah well the BBC has always been shit

tfontenault.bsky.social•92 days ago

While true, I think you’re misunderstanding.

werechicken.bsky.social•92 days ago

I understand a lot of these sources are various rags following the current In Thing, and many of these spheres also have always been shit.

amymagdalena.bsky.social•92 days ago

In this instance, the BBC is who the right wingers are attacking. Because it's BBC News that are shit, and it's BBC Sport that's being attacked.

tfontenault.bsky.social•92 days ago

Exactly (and they’re also attacking Banda). Some of the outlets providing these rage-bait headlines actually break down the full story in their article, but they do a disservice in the headline and don’t do enough to clarify what happened or explain how many things can cause high testosterone.

martinpiper.bsky.social•92 days ago

It's also racism because they don't like how the person looks.

bighomie39.bsky.social•92 days ago

Why does this feel low-key racist

nordlicht124.bsky.social•92 days ago

Because it is

alannadelgay.bsky.social•92 days ago

It isn't low-key racist, it's high-key racist

bighomie39.bsky.social•92 days ago

I think the extreme transphobia conceals the racism, so it's low-key

tfontenault.bsky.social•92 days ago

Because it absolutely is

verchu.bsky.social•92 days ago

hell yeah

pamscha.bsky.social•92 days ago

Thanks, Erin. Excellent article.

ralph-nozwicki.bsky.social•91 days ago

The girl has played for 3 years.
Why the f*ck is it an issue now?!?!

personatus42.bsky.social•92 days ago

im not sure, i feel like the title is designed so a MAGA would read this as 'exposing the hysteria that is the transgender fad' while a sane person would read it as you described.

craigstrimel.bsky.social•92 days ago

Along with @QuiJohn’s comment above, I don’t even think these people actually care. It is fake rage to score points, but with whom exactly??

glen4532.bsky.social•92 days ago

They are rage addicted looking for the next fix 😠

lacywhite4ever.bsky.social•92 days ago

The person leading the lawsuit is...her former roommate, who didn't find out she was even trans until this year. I think that says it all. Bigoted roommate mad she got "tricked" and that her roommate passed.

moodyjm51.bsky.social•92 days ago

I find it totally amazing that the usual criticism is "But biological males are so much bigger and powerful. The girls will get hurt." I find this amazing because I play 3 years of high school football and was 5'3" and weighed at most 110 lbs. If that was really the issue then put in size limits.

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