The Guardian frowns on Ron DeSantis for saying that men shouldn’t compete in women’s races.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has issued a proclamation that a resident of his state is the “rightful” holder of the NCAA 500m freestyle title won by trans swimmer Lia Thomas last week.
Trans swimmer? So Thomas isn’t a real swimmer but just identifies as one?
Also, we can do the scare quotes thing too. DeSantis said a resident of his state is the rightful holder of the NCAA 500m freestyle title “won” by trans swimmer “Lia” Thomas last week. Thomas didn’t actually legitimately win that title, because it was a women’s race and he has a male body.
The Guardian does the careful wording thing … Read the rest