How many trans college athletes is the GOP ripping America apart over? The NCAA says less than 10. And then it banned them from competing. 19thnews.org/2025/02/ncaa... - ThreadSky

clarajeffery.bsky.social • 13 hours ago

How many trans college athletes is the GOP ripping America apart over?

The NCAA says less than 10.

And then it banned them from competing. https://19thnews.org/2025/02/ncaa-transgender-womens-sports-trump/

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mkfeeney.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It’s infuriating. This “sports crisis” isn’t coming from women athletes or in the interest of women’s sports. It’s right wing men driving this issue for no other reason than hatred and bigotry.

nietzchespony.bsky.social•11 hours ago

67% of Democrats are hateful and bigoted I guess

spunky323.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Just over the top stupid!!

drspeer.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It’s so obvious when you look at the actual numbers that all this is is a culture war distraction from what they’re actually doing.

If rank-and-file average republicans understood the actual objectives they’d run from this party.

reeseer83.bsky.social•13 hours ago

No, it's at the heart of what they're doing. The core of their project is strictly defining and enforcing gender roles.

drspeer.bsky.social•13 hours ago

That’s fair from a project 2025 / Stephen miller perspective. I question whether musk and Trump (and most corporate backed republicans) actually give a fuck on a national policy level. They care about power and staying in it.

europeusa.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Democrat are so easy defined by Republican. Trans right are important but not worth loosing elections. Democrats always fall for these marginal social issues traps set by RNC.BTW where are our gay allays? I don’t see them at protest. Do they think women will fight for their marriages?

lmc018.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I find this disgusting

all-love-4-me.bsky.social•13 hours ago

So ten females losing a opportunity is the magic number?

egandale.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Won’t support, watch or attend NCAA.

acamelwithahump.bsky.social•12 hours ago

After also acknowledging that there are over a half of a million total athletes. Policy written for 8/520,000 people.

Stop complying!

char20.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I also want to see if they really gave a shit about female athletes they would stop hiring predatory males. Trans folks are not the problem

char20.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I played softball at the University of South Carolina. We went to the women’s college World Series in 1989. I am telling you this is a non-issue with my fellow alumni and teammates

nietzchespony.bsky.social•11 hours ago

not with your fellow Democrats 67% of whom don't believe biological males should compete in women's sports.

char20.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I can only speak for myself and my teammates as a former collegiate athletes. We’ve had many talks about it

nietzchespony.bsky.social•10 hours ago

ok, but the women athletes who've lost to biological males and don't support their inclusion, they also exist.

exposurejb.bsky.social•12 hours ago

That coup pregame using lies targeted scapegoating fearmongering to manipulate masses. The created boogeyman to fear blame& distract. That created speak to divide justify hate & normalize violence. America your worst selves were played/revealed
PEOPLE
RISE UP
UNITE
NO. MUSK.
NO. KING/TRAITORS

clarajeffery.bsky.social•13 hours ago

There are way more kids in Texas with measles—almost 200—than trans women who were playing college sports (less than 10).

kristinebrite.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Also, death count from NCAA trans athletes in competition: 0, death count from current measles outbreak: 2. Not to strawman this, but absolutely relevant to put this in context of what truly is a harm to kids and young folks.

joanmacrae.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It helps the idiots feel like they are accomplishing something. Hateful losers.

clarajeffery.bsky.social•13 hours ago

this is a good fact to share with your relatives and friends.

paulcallahanmv.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I don't have any MAGA or anti-trans friends or relatives I see on a regular basis. Thankfully.

blueintexas.bsky.social•12 hours ago

A number smaller than the number of billionaires in Trump's Cabinet

clarajeffery.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The head of the NCAA TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS there were fewer than 10 trans athletes competing at a college level. Less than 10, out of 510,000 athletes. https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5046662-ncaa-president-transgender-athletes-college-sports/

mprclntrlst.bsky.social•13 hours ago

And what’s the lesson?

If it was 20 kindergarteners they wouldn’t care

clarajeffery.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It's ok to be confused or uncertain about whether or not it's "fair" for trans women to compete in sports. I found this video of a trans woman breaking down the science to be really helpful, maybe you will too https://www.tiktok.com/@tqvoices/video/7474004208753364270?_t=ZT-8uA7D5fPzgY&_r=1

kathrynmathias.bsky.social•12 hours ago

This TikTok post that you're sharing, is excellent

clarajeffery.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It really is.

nietzchespony.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Is it ok? Cus many on Bluesky equate it to wanting trans ppl not to exist. That's the problem. 67% of Dem voters are against biological males competing against biological females. And that position is called evil by many in the activist community.

jashsf.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The 2022 NCAA’s was Thomas's last college swim .By the conclusion of Thomas's swimming career at UPenn in 2022, her rank had moved from 65th on the men's team to 1st on the women's team in the 500-yard freestyle, and 554th on the men's team to fifth on the women's team in the 200-yard freestyle

jashsf.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I don’t think anyone would argue that suppressing testosterone would reduce an elite athletes performance capabilities. I also don’t think that is the point. This is not about testosterone. It is way more complex and nuanced.

auntieed.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I sincerely wish those <10 the very best - a way to go forward and the ability to thrive. That's the same I wish for all of us.

davidcbowen.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Which is more than the number of people convicted of voter fraud -- their excuse for disenfranchising millions.

talleststone.bsky.social•13 hours ago

This isn’t just a conservative issue. Every Dem I know believes that while inclusivity is important, biological differences create unfair advantages in women’s sports. In any social movement, not every demand is automatically feasible or fair to all groups involved. We have to strive for balance.

talleststone.bsky.social•13 hours ago

So I’d posit that it’s not the GOP pulling the country apart (on THIS issue, anyway). It’s more like the far left and centrist liberals that can’t agree.

katzindc.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Whether trans athletes can play on women’s teams in the NCAA does not affect the vast majority of people and if this is a voting issue for people, that’s bizarre frankly.

talleststone.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I think it’s an issue that’s grouped under the “woke” umbrella, and the GOP has become utterly unhinged about that topic, generally. I think Dems and conservatives generally agree on the trans athletes stuff.

harrymfhood.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Recognize it for what it is… a right wing divisive tactic.

Come up with a system that addresses the “biological advantages” before tearing down human nature.

Remember when they cried about black runners who had the benefit of larger butt muscles?

It’s a stunt. It’s cruel. It’s wrong.

finn426.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It’s the equivalent of the federal government, spending all of its time and energy and resources on vending machines that follow over and kill people

john-sup.bsky.social•13 hours ago

...yes, but it is that.00000002% that keeps Hannity up all night sweating over whether he can keep this issue front and center at Fox Entertainment, at least until they loose the Smartmatics case and all Murdoch's are removed from the board🙂

cachrisca.bsky.social•9 hours ago

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plthomasedd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

"Out of over 500,000 student-athletes attending NCAA schools, fewer than 10 are transgender, NCAA President Charlie Baker said during a congressional hearing in December."

northsleuth.bsky.social•13 hours ago

How do we address the issue? MAGA only get to see Oligarch social media perspective, like the one below.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-glorious-victories-of-trans-athletes-are-shaking-up-sports/

noreligion4me.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Republicans are fucking morons

desdrayton.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The left does not appreciate what a hot button issue this is for suburban women and to a slightly lesser extent, their husbands. Ds lost in swing states over this.

clarajeffery.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Yeah, the moral panic is high. That's why it is important for people to know, and repeat, these numbers.

nietzchespony.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Either it's a civil rights issue or it isn't. The numbers make absolutely no difference to the morality of the arguments.

desdrayton.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I don’t think numbers win this argument.

russchesley.bsky.social•13 hours ago

If this a hot button issue and cost Democrats the election,the people in swing states are incredibly and unrelentlessly ignorant and/or intolerant.

desdrayton.bsky.social•13 hours ago

That’s a great way to continue to lose elections.

russchesley.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yeah, you're right, telling the truth is bad politics.

I guess I don't understand how attacking "libtards;" ignoring facts, laws, and basic morality; mocking your opponents, and generally acting like asshats is good politics for the right -- but calling out this bs is bad for the left and center.

gerstcollins.bsky.social•13 hours ago

vltak.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Just another group for magats to hate.

greysky209.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Dems getting crushed on this is idiotic. I pointed this out last week before Newsom and got called every name in the book. If 90-95% of the country thinks it's unfair for boys to compete as girls against girls than WTF are we thinking? At least the NCAA stepped up. And yes, it was 10 of 350K.

katzindc.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Sometimes doing the right thing isn’t popular. It’s still worth doing.

lynnrschrader.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Here's a spoiler for you. Now that the NCAA has removed the issue, they'll find other reasons that trans women are the bane of their existence. They won't stop with sports. This is always how they impose their pathetic "morals" on the rest of us. We must stand up to bullies or they will never stop.

exgop.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Good. They don't belong in women's sports

katzindc.bsky.social•13 hours ago

You and I both know you don’t care about women’s sports.

exgop.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Lie. I care that young women who work hard to participate in a sport don't need some man ruining it.

katzindc.bsky.social•7 hours ago

What women’s sports do you watch

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