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gwydionmisha · 3 months
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katrafiy · 7 months
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I wish I didn't know that Fallon Fox actually had a middling career in women's MMA and lost to the only fighter she went up against that had a positive win/loss record.
I wish I didn't know that orbital rim fractures are one of the most common injuries in MMA.
I wish I didn't know that Veronica Ivy's world record was specifically set in the 35-39 age bracket.
I wish I didn't know that her record was beaten three months later by a cis woman.
I wish I didn't know that those two trans girls in Connecticut bombed at regionals, and that the only reason they broke so many records at their school is because the school was severely lagging behind the rest of the state.
I wish I didn't know Lia Thomas' name.
I wish I lived in a world where when my supposed "allies" saw headlines that say "trans woman crushes a woman's skull in mma" that they didn't respond with "okay well maybe the bigots have a point this time".
Maybe, if they didn't always respond that way, I wouldn't have to know half of the things I know about other trans women athletes.
Maybe they would stop seeing women like me as a problem to be solved.
Damn that would be nice.
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itsbansheebitch · 4 months
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Ya know, if I was beat by a trans person at my sport, I'd just assume it was because they were better than me and not be a fucking sore loser lmao
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oatmilk-vampire · 1 month
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Transmasc folx, do you have any advice for a good binder to wear for working out? Obviously actual binders aren't safe for it but do you have any workout tops you like? I usually use the Tomboyx Full Spectrum bra but it has always had a bit of a uniboob look and more recently I'm noticing it seems to be stretching out so it's not compressing as good and it really sucks to not feel as secure. ):
I'm open to typical sports bras but obviously hoping not to have it look particularly femininizing or padded.
I jog/run if that helps any.
Any advice is appreciated!
Thank you.
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r2x2 · 10 months
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Anti-trans, right-wing "news" media assumed the motivations of these women without even asking them. Journalistic malpractice in the name of bigotry.
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queerism1969 · 1 year
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queeryouthassemble · 11 months
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Join QYA's Let Trans Athletes Play Movement!
Send us an ask or see our website for more information :)
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[ID: Six illustrated people stand over a beige box. Blue and pink words in large all-caps text inside thee box read "Let Trans Athletes Play" with smaller white all-caps text reading "Visit queeryouthassemble.org to learn more." People are of diverse heights, races, and clothing. One is using a wheelchair, and one holds a progress pride flag, others hold sports equipment. The background has various sports balls and pucks. End ID.]
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[ID: Four illustrated people stand facing one another at the bottom-center of the page. They are of diverse heights, races, and clothing, and some hold different sports equipment. Three people are standing, and one is using a wheelchair. Three lines of all-caps text above the people read "This is a nationwide movement to end transgender sports bans by playing sports." End ID.]
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[ID: Black text fills the page, reading "As transgender athletes, we have been forced into silence over an issue that affects us personally: our participation in sports. There are some who believe that simply being transgender creates an unfair advantage, others who say that is not the case, and many who do not know what to think. While opinions are divided, what is a fact is that transgender athletes are being unfairly discriminated against through these bills. That is why throughout the summer, we are inviting everyone, regardless of your identity, to play sports with us at Let Trans Athletes Play events across the country." In the bottom right corner, a small illustrated femme person sits with a skateboard in their lap. End ID.]
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[ID: Black all-caps text covers the top half of the page. It is a quote from QYA volunteer and athlete Xander Grey, who uses he/him pronouns. Text reads "I've been told I can't compete because I refuse to wear a female swimsuit. It would be amazing to be a part of a community that celebrates and uplifts me rather than refuses to let me compete. I've been so many firsts in my community and I hate having all that pressure put on me. For once, I'd like to be a part of a bigger first." In the bottom left corner, three people of varying heights, races, and clothing face each other. One is using a wheelchair, while the other two stand. Two people hold sports equipment. End ID.]
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[ID: Large white all-caps text at the top of the page reads "LTAP Overview." Below, there are four quadrants, each with an illustration. In the top-left, three people of varying heights, races, and clothing face each other. One is using a wheelchair, while the other two stand. Two people hold sports equipment. Below them is the word "sports." In the bottom-left there is a person with blue hair holding a sign that says "I love being trans." Below them is the word "protests." In the top-right, a person with purple hair holds some toys. Below them says "games." In the bottom-right, a person with red hair holds a pamphlet that has a trans flag and binder drawing on it. Below them says "learning." End ID.]
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[ID: Large all-caps white text at top of page reads "get involved." Two smaller white all-caps subtitled read "host an event" and "attend an event." Smaller black text below "host an event" reads "We're looking for organizers and organizations to host Let Trans Athletes Play events across the country this summer! Visit our website (queeryouthassemble.org) to learn how," and text below "attend an event" reads "Regardless of if you're an athlete, non-athlete, transgender, or cisgender, we encourage you to attend an event near you. There's something for everyone, regardless of athletic ability!" End ID.]
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[ID: Black all-caps text covers the top half of the page. It is a quote from QYA art consultant and former athlete Jesse Young-Paulson, who uses they/he pronouns. Text reads "Even considering the competitive nature of the games, being able to see other people like me on the field was a moment of radical inclusion and visibility—the type of visibility where you don’t feel hypervisible, but seen for yourself and part of a queer sports community." At the bottom of the page are five people, of diverse heights, races, and clothing. One person has visible top surgery scars, and holds a ball. Another person holds a progress pride flag. End ID.]
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slimesucker · 3 months
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I personally don't care about sports, so this isn't really meaningful.
but when people say
"trans women shouldn't compete against cis women in sports cause they went through male puberty"
and in the next breath
"i don't think puberty blockers or hrt for people under 18 is really safe or ethical"
they're basically saying they don't think trans women should be allowed or play sports at all, and that's really lame.
by their logic a trans woman could only compete against other trans women. are they wanting to start a negro league-esque league for trans women? no, they just don't care about the implications of their worldview beyond a superficial level.
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lift-heavy-be-gay · 3 months
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Let's talk about transgender athletes
this is gonna be a long rant so I'm just gonna put a cut down below. dni if you're a terf or just wanna cause problems.
So, recently in class we were discussing different drugs used illegally and legally in sports and eventually the topic of transgender athletes came up (because of course). However, my professor handled it really well and as a trans athlete (pre transition), I just wanna talk about my feelings on the matter.
Keep in mind that this is my opinion, but I have been studying this in uni and may have more of an insight on how testosterone and estrogen actually affect the body. Anyway, there are two main points I wanna make.
As an afab athlete myself, I compete in a mostly strength based sport (though some technique and skill is necessary). However, I could not even begin to think about competing with my amab counterparts. It would put me at an unfair disadvantage and them an unfair advantage.
The first being that—depending on the time you began taking hormones/how long you've been taking hormones—you most likely won't be able to compete in high level competitions like the olympics. I know that people are going to be upset at this, but please listen. If you began taking hormones around the age you would begin puberty, then by the time you're an adult still presumably taking said hormones, then your levels would most likely be that of a cis person. However, if you're taking hormones after puberty, then the testosterone difference between amab and afab people is *staggering*. This article states that amab people generate 15x more testosterone than afab people. Even if they begin taking hrt, it takes YEARS to even begin to see a significant difference.
But
(and this leads to my second point)
There are numerous advantages and disadvantages for cis people in sports. Whether it be financial status, family history, access to training, facilities, or injury prevention/rehabilitation. If kid A is from a long line of well-off basketball players and has the resources to compete, then he definitely has an advantage over kid B who is from the middle of nowhere with no support and even worse facilities. Fact of the matter is, cis people are unevenly matched up against each other all the time. There are a hundred and one different ways that they may have an advantage or disadvantage over each other. Why is it different for transgender athletes? Scratch that. Why is it different between genders at all?
What I'm trying to say is that, I've met plenty afab people who are stronger than amab guys. I really don't think gender matters that much in a lot of sports. I believe we should start separating athletes based on weight rather than gender. (Of course, that's just my opinion.)
It's just that whenever I hear the topic about transgender athletes in sports, it's always about trans women. It's about how it's "not fair" and they are "doing it on purpose to get an easy win" and a bunch of other excuses to try and justify not letting them play. Surprisingly, I don't often (if at all) hear the same argument about trans men. On the surface, a lot of these debates about trans athletes is good ole' transphobia. But if you look deeper, it's really just misogyny. Most people don't even care about the sport, they just want another avenue to oppress a group of people.
Basically, the situation is not as black and white as most would like to believe, and there's a lot of nuance involved when trying to understand this topic. It's unfortunate that many trans athletes have to even deal with this extra bs in order to compete.
anyway, end of rant. thanks for reading if you made it this far. there's definitely more I could say on this, but these are the main points I wanted to make.
tldr: while there are inherent biological differences between amab and afab people, that doesn't excuse excluding trans athletes from being able to compete
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luxshine · 4 months
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#baseball used to be more inclusive, before money got involved. Way back in 1890, there were female teams named the Bloomer Girls (due to the pants they wore looking a lot like the fashion a suffragist named Amelia Bloomer wore), which didn't segregate by race -as far as I've been able to research, I may be wrong- and more importantly, played against men's teams. Even MORE importantly, they used to have one or two male players, sometime even three. They were called "Toppers" as they would be using wigs to look female, as well as the same uniform as the girls. While some Toppers were cis men, they weren't "better" than the women in the team, and it's very possible that some of them were trans women who took advantage of the tradition in order to present female, at least while playing the sport. Here I show my #originalcharacter from #travelingseers, Spoiler, wearing what would have been the Traveling Seers Bloomer uniform in 1930. #luxshineart #calicochimera #commissionsopen #baseballhistory #LGBTQ+ #playballwednesday
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gwydionmisha · 2 years
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enbycrip · 1 year
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Today I’m going round pages getting triumphant about the fucking disgraceful decision by Sebastian Coe and his band of cowardly reprobates to ban trans women from competing in women’s athletics and asking them why, despite the fact there has, as far as we know, never been a transfemme gold medalist, they think so little of cis women’s capabilities.
They *really* dislike being forced to confront how misogynist their transphobia really is.
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itsbansheebitch · 4 months
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Trans people in chess
Keeping trans women out of sports is just the new shiny way to keep women out of sports. It's not like these people respected women's sports before.
We've seen this for years, it's not like Ms. Vera Menchik was welcomed with open arms to chess. And now they aren't letting trasn people into chess. A such blatant act of discrimination, misogyny, misandry, and transphobia should be punished ASAP.
This is unacceptable.
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lauralot89 · 7 months
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Transition and Athletics
Before her own transition in 2004, Harper expected that her 10,000-meter race time might increase by "a minute or two" as her testosterone level dropped and she slowed. But in less than a year, Harper was running a full 5 minutes slower than her personal best. "It just blew me away, and it very much piqued my interest as a scientist."
In 2005, Harper realized her experience wasn't unique after reading an article in Runner's World about another transgender female runner who had also become significantly slower. But when Harper searched for studies about the physiology of transitioning, she found none. So on nights and weekends, she began to moonlight on a research project.
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Harper showed that the athletes' age grades before and after hormone therapy remained nearly the same. That is, the women were as competitive with their age- and sex-matched peers as they had been when competing against men. They weren't, in other words, likely to dominate women's races. "No one had previously looked at actual performance of transgender athletes pre- and posttransition," Vilain says.
Harper has since shown similar results for a transgender rower, a cyclist, and a sprinter. Together, the findings make a case that previous exposure to male levels of testosterone does not confer an enduring athletic advantage.
— "This scientist is racing to discover how gender transitions alter athletic performance—including her own" Science.org
Additionally, the hormone-replacement therapy—which starts before surgery can occur and is taken by many who don’t choose to have surgery—also has a tremendous impact on athletic performance. The extent to which testosterone blockers (given to transgender women in conjunction with estradiol, a form of estrogen) erode a runner’s strength and stamina is hard to measure, says Dr. Wylie Hembree, a New York–based endocrinologist who has been treating transgender patients for 20 years. He says, “Anecdotally, I have had avid runners say to me that they can no longer run the distances and speeds they could run before, and one can presume that that could be due to the reduction in testosterone levels.”
Gapin noticed that despite putting in the same effort, she was running slower, losing a minute or even two per mile fairly soon after starting on hormones. She also experienced a significant decrease in her vitamin D levels (although this is not a common side effect of hormone-replacement therapy), which went undiagnosed for two years and greatly affected her training. “When I started taking supplements to raise my vitamin D levels, I’d get to a point in my running where I’d just be crushing it and running 50 miles a week, and then again, I would plummet to 6 miles, so I was yo-yoing back and forth,” she says.
In the three-plus years she has been on hormones, Liston believes she has lost around 10 percent of her running speed; working her way back up to where she was before is no easy feat. “But I’ve also come to accept some of that as part of aging,” she says. “My body at 47 is different than my body at 40, and despite the hormones—I now wear a B cup—and my stamina being less, I also don’t have the same goals with my running that I used to before my transition, when I was running with anger and frustration. Now, running is much more soothing to me.”
— "Being Transgender and What It Means for a Runner," Women's Running
She used to be able to run 5:30s. Now she can’t. She trains, she pushes herself, she uses everything she has; it doesn’t matter. On the weekend-morning group runs, when serious Marin runners gather near trailheads to pace each other up the dirt roads that climb Tamalpais, Janet starts with the pack, as she has nearly every Saturday and Sunday for 25 years. “Usually there are a lot of guys,” she says. “They start slow. I stay with them for the first mile. Then I start falling away. They’re chatting. They don’t even notice.”
When she was Jim Furman, a 5’11”, 148-pound middle-aged man in excellent physical shape, she kept up.
As Janet Furman Bowman, a 5’11”, 148-pound middle-aged woman in excellent physical shape, she’s too slow.
That, to her astonishment and irritation and unceasing soft regret, is the permanent price she has paid.
— "A 6-Minute Difference," Runner's World
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portiafimbriata · 4 months
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I hate how I can't feel happy for them, being able to compete with other women and doing well in the competition.
No, this is a headline on fox news because it's supposed to be a bad thing. It's news, because their winning just "proves" the "innate biological differences" between "men" and "women" and that "gender ideology" is destroying the country. And thank goodness there's the descriptor of "cyclists" so the good god-fearing newswriter doesn't have to say "women".
God and I fucking looked it up to see if these were indeed trans women, and of course one article (by like, Washington Examiner or some bullshit) phrases it as
> "Transgender athletes DOMINATE competition",
calls them
> "biological males who identify as transgender women",
and gives voice to tweets talking about
> "another pair of mediocre MALE BODIES stealing victory etc etc etc".
So naturally I feel real good right now.
Don't give me the shit about testosterone or bone structure or muscle mass. Nobody scrutinized the bodies of dyadic cisgender (white) female swimmers when Lia Thomas competed. But then, they did scrutinize the bodies of cisgender African women, both dyadic and intersex, when they deigned to compete in games reserved for only the daintiest and most fragile of objects.
If your solution is to make a third gender category for all the faggots, freaks, and trannies outside the immutable and sacred binary, then fuck you too.
I'd start talking about kinds of otherness as deviations from the cis-dyadic-masculine-neurotypical-abled-white-Western-Christian-male "ideal" model as described in (I believe) B. Binaohan's Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101, or the scrutinization of femininity and femaleness as deviant (let alone a discrete category), as described in (currently reading) Julia Serano's Sexed Up, but the truth is?
I'm just tired.
I embrace it when I can. Like many of us othered by society, I say, "then let me be a monster." I write about human relations from the perspective of inhuman creatures. I write about beings with innate biological weapons being able to let loose since they're already demonized. I cultivate personas with fur, setae, claws, and tentacles. But outside of fiction? Leaving my little headworld bubble and entering society, to be reminded that the things I satire or embrace are still taken as threats? It hurts.
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