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Kamala Harris Says She Has “Concerns” About Trans Student Athletes

https://www.them.us/story/kamala-harris-trans-student-athletes-position-concerns
LadyAutumn - 3mon

Please read the rules of the community before posting. If you're banned and wondering why,

Debate surrounding transgender rights or acceptance will result in an immediate ban.

Yes that includes any kind of debate. This is not the community for any form of that.

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Atropos @lemmy.world - 3mon

It's concern they aren't being treated with acceptance.... right?

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Oxysis/Oxy - 3mon

I’m not surprised, sad but not surprised. She’s a democrat through and through meaning she has no qualms moving further to the right if it helps her get elected

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Rozaŭtuno - 3mon

she has no qualms moving further to the right if it helps her get elected

::: spoiler Spoiler It won't get her elected. This tactic never worked, but they keep trying it. :::

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Oxysis/Oxy - 3mon

Yep and it’s why the democratic party is a lost cause, they refuse to go to the left and they openly embrace fascism whenever they can

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neuracnu - 3mon

From TFA...

“I agree with the concerns expressed by parents and players that we have to take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and unfair student athletic advantage when we determine who plays on which teams, especially in contact sports,” Harris reportedly wrote. “With goodwill and common sense, I believe we can come up with ways to do this, without vilifying and demonizing children.”

Crucially, many athletic organizations’ policies already contained rules to mitigate such “biological factors,” usually by requiring trans athletes to complete a certain number of years of hormone therapy. Some of those policies have been rolled back or eliminated in favor of strict binary classifications based on “biological sex,” amid the ongoing conservative anti-trans backlash. Last year, a study funded in part by the International Olympic Committee found that trans women may actually face notable disadvantages compared to cisgender women in athletic competitions after taking hormones.

Still, some Democrats have ceded ground on trans-inclusive sports in the wake of the 2024 election. In March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom told the late far-right pundit Charlie Kirk he agreed that trans girls playing high school sports was “deeply unfair.” Last month, Pete Buttigieg — reportedly Harris’ first pick for running mate in 2024 — followed suit, calling for Democrats to “take those questions [about fairness] seriously and face those together” in a podcast appearance.

Nuanced takes from Harris and Mayor Pete. Careful, thoughtful ideas that are functionally red meat for Republican bullies to tear apart and feed to their base.

Our health care is being denied, our livelihoods are being taken away and our lives are increasingly in danger. It's not too much to expect the politicans (supposedly) on my side to have some more fucking fight in their rhetoric.

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pinkapple @lemmy.ml - 3mon

99% of the people whining and moaning about unfairness in women's sports never watch or really care at all about women's sports and don't realize that cis women athletes often juice up or have naturally elevated testosterone levels. There are no "frail" humans in any sport where strength matters and the vast majority isn't trans.

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DavidDoesLemmy @aussie.zone - 3mon

Exactly. I don't have to have an opinion about everything. I'm happy for sports orgs to figure out how they want to run things.

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MystValkyrie - 3mon

Kamala is irrelevant and quite weird. And why does everyone who lost an election feel the need to write a book now?

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SaveTheTuaHawk @lemmy.ca - 3mon

Better question: who the fuck buys books written by politicians? Do we not get enough free bullshit from them?

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megopie - 3mon

Let’s say, you wanted to reward a politician for supporting your political beliefs, you can’t just… give them money now can you?

But, you can help them get a book deal, and then when the book comes out you can buy a bunch to donate to libraries or something. This has the benefit of artificially inflating the sales numbers and getting it on a best sellers list.

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Of the Air (cele/celes) - 3mon

Almost like both 'sides' are the same...

Or just all governments eventually become this, maybe we should just get rid of all of them.

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RagingRobot @lemmy.world - 3mon

Irrelevant

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Ceedoestrees @lemmy.world - 3mon

The title seems like clickbait. Her actual statement seems in favor of what sports leagues were already doing.

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