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The ACLU yet again.
But at least some of that legislation, and perhaps all, is not “anti-trans” or criminalization, it’s just codification of the formerly well understood principle that boys can’t play on girls’ athletic teams.
The problem is built in: the special favors being demanded by trans “activists” are so damaging to female people that it wouldn’t work to state them clearly, so the ACLU has to screen them with layer upon layer of inaccurate description. It’s a pretty disgusting practice for what used to be a respected civil rights organization.
The link takes us to an appeal from last month full of the usual obfuscation:
Transgender athletes want to participate in school sports for the same reason as anybody else: to find a sense of belonging and social engagement, to be a part of a team, and to challenge themselves.
And for the potential monetary reward via a scholarship. It’s extremely dishonest for the ACLU to conceal that part. The ACLU naturally doesn’t want to come right out and say it’s campaigning for boys to be able to “win” scholarships intended for girls – but it does want to do exactly that.
But states and schools across the country are trying to exclude trans people from enjoying the benefits of sports on equal terms with their cisgender peers. Not only do these proposed laws discriminate against trans youth in ways that compromise their health, social and emotional development, and safety, they also raise a host of privacy concerns.
Look at how evasive that is. People who haven’t been following the issue are going to think this is about banning trans people from sport altogether, but of course it’s nothing of the kind.
Is there such a thing as Civil Liars?
Except it wouldn’t be on equal terms. Male-bodied people playing on teams established for female-bodied people is not equal terms, it is special terms. It is giving an unfair advantage. It is removing equal terms, not enforcing them.
Equal terms would be to play either on male teams or trans teams. If they have taken hormones and had surgery, I understand they might not be able to compete on male teams. But they still have an immense advantage over girls and women.
So when is the ACLU going to come out in favor of allowing people to play on Special Olympics teams if they identify as disabled? Even though they are not? I think we know the answer to that one.
It is always women who are expected to move over.
Yes, a host of privacy concerns, including the one where preteen and teenage girls are expected to change and shower with male classmates.
No, wait, the writer doesn’t see that one as a problem.
“Peers?”
The peers of transgender girls are not “cisgender” girls, they’re “cisgender” boys.
Or is that “pee-ers?”