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> Another uncomfortable topic: trans people in sports. It will absolutely blow up in one direction if people were organically allowed to organize and find other
by fiiibilk 2y ago
> Another uncomfortable topic: trans people in sports. It will absolutely blow up in one direction if people were organically allowed to organize and find others with similar viewpoints. Instead, they're banned, scared into shutting up, shadow-banned, or worse cancelled and doxxed.
There is a huge amount of discussion of the problem of males in female sports on Twitter, plus also on smaller forums like Mumsnet and Ovarit. Some of it amongst leading athletes and sports science researchers. People of similar viewpoints are organising, despite the attempts to shut them down on other forums.
It's working too: various sports bodies have made changes within the past couple of years that walk back their previous broken policies of male inclusion. It does seem that the needle is slowly but surely moving back towards fairness for female athletes. Though there is still a lot of work to be done.
- Unbefleckt 2y agoI do think the trans issue in general is a good example of this shadowboosting. It's a very niche thing that seems to be everywhere for some reason, and despite most people not giving a shit or not supporting it, the Internet gives off a wildly different impression of the world. Nobody shares pronouns in daily life, yet most people I know working in an office have to use them in emails and such (and they use exactly what you would expect based on their name)