Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/bullying-basketball-and-an-online-firestorm-how-b-c-college-star-harriette-mackenzie-stood-up/article_18b549ae-f2dd-11ef-a8b5-cf12284fee6d.html
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Why do the feelings of male persons take priority over the feelings of female persons in venues that are created by and supposed to be for female persons?
She likely worked hard to try out for the team.
Right?
One of our most famous women's hockey players played on a men's team. Many women hockey players grew up playing on men's teams. What's the difference if they are trans?
I thought if they were qualified is all that counts.
I don't see the difference in issue.
Male sports should be inclusive but women's sport shouldn't. Why can't women welcome trans people?
Are you honestly not seeing what you are writing?
There is a very good web page that compares teen boys achievements in sports to Olympic women athletes achievements.
Data tells the tale.
Boys vs women.
But because regressives don't get in all high-dudgeon about trans men playing on mens teams, the media doesn't feel the need to cover it.
I'm friends with trans-men who play on mens sports teams.
Same as it ever was.
The Horseshoe Effect is real and conservatives know this is a wedge issue with independent voters.
You are helping them.
IDGAF about all your nasty insults, it just proves my point.
Trans girls are not “male persons”.
What horseshoe effect? Are you talking about how both the far right and the far left hold bigoted opinions about LGBTI people?
I haven’t seen anyone here insulting you. Just criticizing your bigotry.
Hypocrites all.
I have no problem with any person with a gender identity disorder, they are a valuable part of our diversity. But I am first a woman, and will defend women and girls.
Trans men are men
Trans women are women
It's not a fucking disorder
Only insults.
They never answer.
Do you know any trans women in real life? Try. Just try.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48448804.amp
Free speech doesn’t mean that bigotry and hatred can’t be criticized.
Evidently you do have a problem with trans people, given that you call them “ppl with a gender identity disorder” & imply they’re a threat
You're heartless, and want to wag your finger about morals?
Some women cloak their bigotry as a fight FOR women. Some are so triggered by misinformation, they stop thinking altogether. Don't imagine you're anyone's champion.
Check it out.
Data doesn't lie.
You?
No circular definitions allowed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/518288a
Truly the worst: Denial of appropriate health care for a trans kid even if kid, parents and knowledgable healthcare professionals all agree about it
We need a lot more long-form journalism like this, on all sorts of issues.
Bruce, you are one of the few in Canada that could write this story well and I appreciate you writing it.
https://bsky.app/profile/antifaoperative.bsky.social
Thank you.
every right wing troll chucklefuck from youtube to fox news to the white house wouldnt last five minutes in her shoes.
they are made of tissue paper she is made of steel.