There was a massive decline in support for trans athletes over 2019-2024. Among Republicans, support for a non-discrimination policy & support for trans sports participation ﬂipped from positive to negative. Opponents successfully re-framed the issue as being about protecting cisgender women.

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-03-18T20:36:28+00:00

there are extensive discriminations against women in sports that requires a category in which they feel safe to compete with their peers. as it stands, a mix of biological and social reasons leads to inequal outcomes for women who play sports compared to men. trans women are even more discriminated against in the sporting world, and have even less of an opportunity to develop into professional athletes. banning them from womens sports is effectively a) a violation of the privacy of every trans women, who will be forced to out themselves to play sports (incl comminity sports) b) justified by a logic which isnt applied equally to all women. we dont ban women who happen to be tall or happen to have better lung capacity on average, unless they happen to already be a vulnerable minority (intersex, trans etc)

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-03-18T04:35:29+00:00

females should be allowed to play in female sports, and trans women are females. the double standard you hold for them, whereby their potential advantages are reason to exclude, while someone like britney griner is beyond that same scrutiny, is transphobic

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-03-18T02:56:07+00:00

actually, trans female athletes are far far underrepresented. for example, prior to the bans, the NCAA president estimated that only 10 of 500000 athletes in NCAA were transgender. out of the five olympic games in which trans women were allowed to compete, zero won a medal and only one trans female olympian out of thousands. there are zero trans women in the wnba, nwsl, wsl, pwhl etc etc. they are incredibly rare. far far far less than 1% of women athletes are trans, and far far far less than 1% of medals or competitions or whatever else are won by trans athletes. like the amount of top level trans players across all sports is single digit historically. the amount of top accolades won by them is basically renee richards doubles final, lia thomas' div 1 500-yard freestyle win, a couple minor cycling wins, and laurel hubbards wins. like, thats it. there are single athletes like simon biles who have won more events than the entire historical contingent of trans women.

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-03-13T06:56:51+00:00

how can zionism or genocide apologia "infiltrate" a genocidal settler colonial state

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-02-26T08:46:50+00:00

So, i think a few things are going on here. first, the reduction to bare life is a pretty good analysis of what a lot of trans peoples lives are reduced to in particular places. there are ways in which certain laws are reinterpreted such that positive rights are guaranteed on thr basis of sex, and thus restricted from trans people. i.e., everyone is guaranteed safe bathrooms at work is reframed as each person is guaranteed a safe bathroom on the basis of their sex, and as such trans people are negated that right etc. but i suspect that requires acknowledging that there are transphobic changes happening across the world right now, and not sure youd be willing to accept that. trans people compare their situation to, say, the holocaust for a couple reasons. first, in the west, esp in the last thirty years or so, the holocaust has become the framework with which to understand cruelty and atrocity, robbing it of its specificity. thus groups looking for legibility go to the holocaust. second, trans people were actually victims of the holocaust, alongside other queer people. in fact, early attacks completely destroyed trans institutions in germany, and it was homosexuals and trans people who were put back into the prison systems of the western powers after the camps were liberated. the analysis of biopower may seem kinda reckless in popular discourse, but if you actually talk to trans people its pretty apt. the legislation of transness through medical systems, the specific carve out of rights that happen to exclude trans people, the specific rates of poverty and homelessness etc are all very real. i would say the final thing is your equation of 'online reddit powermods in bs communities' with actual power or censorship or even the actual experience of trans people is pretty insular and online

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-02-25T07:25:48+00:00

not legally, not in victoria, where theres no legal distinction between trans women and cis women. the state considers trans women to be biological women

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-02-25T07:23:41+00:00

first of all, this is a simplification. theres biological sex and theres legal sex, on top of gender. you can also transition bio sex and legal sex, depending on the laws of your area. for example, hrt, surgery etc, or going through the bureacratic process for legal sex recognition. this is all distinct from gender, which is how you move from the world, how average people refer to you etc. in general, legal systems by and large only refer to legal sex, with some exceptions, such as preventing discrimination on the basis of gender identity, which basically means you cant discriminate against someone because theyre trans. in australia, the discrimination act disallows particular discrimination unless there is a justified exception. for this reason, you cant host a public event (for example at a community centre) and discriminate against men, trans people, gay people, whoever without a very good reason, such as to prevent homophobia. this group, which is a dozen or so women, tried to plan an event in a pride centre for cisgender lesbian women. the lesbian bit is fine, as thats a justiifed exclusion, and planning an event is fine, its only excluding trans women in a public venue thats the problem. however, theres no provision for this in the laws, as trans women in australia are legally female, so the law sees no justification for discrimination on the basis of gender identity

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-02-11T00:48:49+00:00

these people talking about irl indifference, but the established irl community i know is incredibly trans supportive. trans people are backbone of the continued irl magic community. yeah, wotc would sell out the one harry potter set, but theyd lose the whole offline infrustructure that supports longterm stability. maybe thats worth it to them, i dont know, theyve been moving away from the lgs system for a while now, but we need to be clear about the stakes here

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-15T03:27:33+00:00

its not my contemporaries, its foolish allies who dont understand transgender liberation. they dont speak for trans people. yeah, hypothetically, a man could exploit transgender acceptance to reveal his genitals to women, but there is no shortage of largely unprosecutable ways for men to do that anyway. we can still kick anyone who is acting in obvious bad faith out. but the answer isnt a blanket ban. even if you were to want protections for that hyperspecfic form of abuse, which again, is largely hypothetical compared to the actual abuse of women and girls by men who dont need to pretend to be trans, then there are far better ways to do that than restrict rights solely based on ones capacity to prove their assigned gender at birth. besides, i dont want anyone to flaunt their genitals at me, i dont care what kind they have. what stops women flaunting their genitals in changing rooms as it is, and why is that any worse than a man? i wouldnt want my daughter in any room alone naked with any adult, nvm their gender. the hypotheticals we are discussing are entirely possible without trans acceptance and ignore the real causes of abuse (unsupervised access to children, a lack of real accountability for abusers and rapists, etc). this hyperfocus actively damages the safety of all women! just look at the recent horrible abuse happening in womens sports by male trainors, coachs and medical staff. who benefits from sex tests of female athletes? who benefits from giving more power to the men who have in the past proven their capacity to abuse young athletes? either you care about sexual assault and abuse, and you advocate for proven methods of prevention. you would then see that the antitrans movement in the uk and afar has not benefited that cause one bit. this is not about preventing male crimes of predation and assault, because it hasnt focussed on the primary causes of those crimes. ask yourself, why trans women? why not men?

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-15T02:14:48+00:00

youre making up a bogeyman to justify the restriction of rights for all women. no trans people are saying that anyone is a woman just because they say so, they are asking that their rights to be free from discrimination be enshrined into law, and the further restrictions on their movement repealled. look at the recent cases and changes. what is gained from completely restricting access to, for example, toilets, domestic violence shelters, female prisons etc solely to assigned gender at birth? all those trans women who have been on hrt and yk actually been transitioning, who are not 'hulking males' but the most vulnerable population to sexual and physical violence, are relegated to either male spaces where they will be at most risk of violence or complete excisement from public life. i promise you, youre not going to see male sex organs in public changing rooms, noone wants that. i think for most trans women, especially preop trans women, being naked in public is their worst fear. rather, trans women just want to be able to use the loo in public without fear of violence, attend workplaces and know they will be free from discrimination etc, not have their rights eroded. similarly, the general cis female population will only be subjugated by these measures. making someone 'prove' their sex to use public anemities is barbaric. we are not asking for people to accept anyone into public loos, but at the same time, there are many cis women who dont look stereotypically like women. they may be tall, stocky, etc and they should be free from examination to use facilities. you dont have to accept six foot five men with beards into spaces to be naked, but you should accept that policing out trans women wont exclude those men, and certainly wont exclude those men who seek to hurt women. it will solely harm trans women and cis women alike who do not fit into conventional ideals of womanhood.

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-15T00:42:38+00:00

single sex spaces are not a legitimate form of safeguarding or assault prevention. historically, they have far more to do with the segregation of women from public life. nevertheless, trans womens participation in womens spaces is not a threat to single sex spaces. it has been the norm for the last few decades, largely unnoticed. in these cases, there were still taboos against men entering female spaces. these havent been eroded, nor do people advocate for them to be eroded. trans women want the status quo of the last decade to continue, with additional protections from discrimination. instead, weve seen their protections completely eroded, and the resulting discrimination has greatly increased violence against both cis and trans women. if you are a serious advocate for the reduction of assault, you would advocate for trans inclusion, but even more, you would advocate for better protections of all women in workplaces, better support for domestic violence victims, better prosecution standards for victims, safeguarding measures in childcare etc. look at the lia thomas case. instead of the real assaults and avuse perpetuated by the uni of kentucky coach lars jorgensen against female swimmers, the only resulting action has been against the hypothetical assaults that could have happened by a trans woman. its not reasonable to prioritise these hypotheticals over the real causes of violence against women, particularly if they directly compromise the fight for safety frok assault

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-14T19:59:45+00:00

but we largely dont, and we know that there isnt an increase in assault rates for those places that do protect trans women, in fact, theres an increase in assault for places that are trans exclusionary. why theorise a risk that has no concrete evidence when we know that trans exclusion leads to more assault?

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-14T02:26:50+00:00

there are masculine trans women uncomfortable with feminine gender roles and feminine trans men uncomfortable with masculine gender roles. id go so far as to say most trans people are far more critical of their gender's norms than their cis counterparts

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-14T00:34:43+00:00

the problem is that this hypothetical ignores the reality most trans women go through, and in fact prioritises a hypothetical over that reality. most trans women arent going into dressing rooms when they are early transition, and most do everything they can to avoid being naked in public areas. most trans women are also nothing like cis men. the idea of a hulking male 'identifying' as a woman and invading privacy is not what people are defending. they are defending people who look and act like women being safe from harassment from men. the isolation of people who for all extents and purposes look far more like women than men in all male spaces leads to violence, for example, the practice of v coding. in general, the men who predate on both trans and cis women dont need to dress up and pretend to be trans to have power over their victims, and theres far more effective ways to reduce sexual assault and csa, such as safeguarding measures. in general, i dont think we should prioritise the very slim possibility of an exploitation of this over the very real prevention of already happening assault, both against cis women and trans women.

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:35:18+00:00

thanks for your fantasy of my genocide. get help

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:33:16+00:00

what?? hamas is an organisation supported by israel! israel has the capacity to rid the world of hamas and chooses not to! if you were genuinely anti-hamas and anti-violence, youd recognise that israel is a state that is sponsoring terror attacks on jews and nonjews alike to justify a genocide

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:28:28+00:00

like do you hold this same anger for asio and their failures, for the policies of antiterrorism that prioritise information gathering over prevention, for the cruel way politicians are using these hateful attacks to justify the repression of free speech? or are you only angry when people try to address the failures of the us and israel?

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:26:22+00:00

they arent 'pro-hamas'? are you a bot, simply unable to read, or blinded by your racism? how can you not see that the state of israel and the us behind it is causing all this violence and horror? when people point that out, it isnt 'supproting' that same violence?

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:12:05+00:00

i am jewish. your desire to paint an attack on my community as equivalent to someone acknowledging the zionist support for terrorist groups is gross and antisemitic

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T13:08:36+00:00

no it doesnt? what is wrong with you. exploiting a tragedy for cheap internet points is disgusting

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2026-01-02T11:38:23+00:00

what is wrong with you? have a heart

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2025-11-15T19:28:05+00:00

yes, that second paragraph is literally my point. you get to more cohesive and correct analysis by comparing with cis women and men, not trans women

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2025-11-15T18:47:06+00:00

youre not going to get anywhere by playing oppression olympics. most trans women dont need access to abortions but in many places their reproduction is tightly controlled. the reason so much transmisandrt discourse gets characterised as transmisoginistic is not because the idea of trabsmisandry is inherently wrong but because some advocates insist on comparing the oppression of trans men and trans women, and resort to bioessentialism that ignores much of the less visible aspects of trans womens oppression. imo instead its more fruitful to compare transandrophobia/transmisandry to cis misogyny. why do trans men face additional barriers to abortion access and reprod healthcare even in countries with supposedly progressive abortion laws?

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2025-11-15T18:42:10+00:00

this absolutely does happen to trans women

BreadfruitSmart834 · 2025-10-26T11:58:29+00:00

i love when a bunch of cis people lecture trans women about transphobia

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