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Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ cabinet: An in-depth look

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We will later find that his cabinet was actually a closet

Ugh at this point just wake me up when it's my turn to stand up against the wall or once it's over. I'm sick of this.

Why can't we just have a separate category for trans folks as far as competitions and shit and be done with it.
As far as being of any sexual orientation who cares. The capacity for people to worry about what other people do and judge them is beyond me.
- Sports are like, 1% of the issues affecting trans people right now. The US is literally trying to wipe us out.
- There aren't that many trans folk who are athletes. There definitely won't be enough for a team at colleges, in communities for kids teams,and professional wise thatd be impossible. Add on that that would mean at competitions, with how few trans people are doing sports, the very few people would always get medals.
  Theres also the matter of putting trans women against trans men is, if you go by the supposed rules of fairness these people argue for then, incredibly unfair (especially if it's not separated by weight class which is next to impossible since again there aren't enough trans people who do sports) and means that trans women would usually lose because they lose all their muscle mass after transition. Estrogen does that.
  There's also the matter of securing funding. Women's sports are already under funded so how would q sport team that is too small and an unfair competition secure any funding?
  The reality is that trans people having an unfair advantage is fucking BS. Trans women lose all advantages they might have had over cis women when they transition. Once they get in the same hormones level they only could have the same kind of genetic advantages that cis women could have. Like height and wing span and all the other shit that cis women can have just as often.
  This also ignores trans men who, if being forced to compete against cis women, would dominate because they are actively taking testosterone.
  The best, and only solution is to allow trans folk to compete in matching leagues to their gender identity as long as they're on hormones. Which is already a rule in every single sport trans people compete in.
  
  Trans men can't compete against women because that's literally illegal doping. My kid wanted to start T at 18 and wanted to do soccer at school and I had to gently remind him that was not possible, the school isn't allowed to let girls onto the boys team (for sports that have a girls team) and then they could not be on the girls team either.
  So that's already handled with existing rules.
  I do agree with more categories, if we already have categories, and if there are enough people in a given category to field a team. Schools don't need to rank teams, honestly, they could just stop doing that, let the kids play on mixed teams and be better off. I don't personally know any trans people who think it's unfair they can't do pro sports, though I'm sure they exist.
  I do know a lady who transitioned though, did yoga with her and she could still do better more of the things guys are better at, despite being on E for a long time because she still had the shoulders & frame like a guy, weight distribution different. Was also 6'3" but height doesn't confer specific advantage in yoga.
  they lose all their muscle mass after transition. Estrogen does that
  Women have muscle mass, WTF?
- Why can't we just have a separate category for trans folks as far as competitions and shit and be done with it.
  So your proposal is "separate but equal"? Where have I heard that before?
  I think instead of pretending these Nazi assholes are doing anything but singling out a vulnerable population in order to divide the opposition, everyone should call them on their shit and tell them to fuck off. Takes real pieces of shit to threaten kids just trying to figure out who they are (and adults too for that matter) and trying to find joy in this world.
  
  Women's and men are separate. I don't get ya.
  Why are men and women's sports separate?
  I dunno. Nothing condescending. I have zero issues with trans people.
  But it just doesn't make logical sense to have trans people win and usually it seems by a wide margin in physical competitions.
  Who wants to think they're the best woman athlete if you have a biological advantage. I would feel like I'm Cheating
  It's bleeding obvious why this is just wrong. It's like a square peg in a round hole. Sorry it just doesn't work.
  Move on.

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