https://t.co/9dckqWqY6c is not just an X account. I operate a website that tracks male participation in sport for women and girls.
This was necessary because neither athletic organizations or legislative bodies had made any attempt to do so, and for years, we have been largely left in the dark on the scale of this issue.
That ignorance has allowed unfair policies to be written and outright lies to be spread unchecked.
Yes, the site tracks ALL sports that are sex affected. Even in darts and pool, sex differences show advantages for males. If there is male advantage, even if it's a tiny sliver of one, it's on the site.
Yes, the site tracks ALL levels of sport. All female athletes deserve fairness. The largest number of athletes participate at the amateur and youth level. Their wellbeing and their accomplishments matter too.
Yes, the site tracks ALL competition sizes. Even if it's a small, local race, the women there deserve the same respect and opportunity males have to succeed. These "fun" events are only fun when they are fair. Losing unfairly is not fun.
Yes, the site tracks ALL males. That includes males with DSDs who have been mistakenly "assigned female at birth." All males have an advantage over female athletes, even if they have believed themselves to be female for a number of years.
Yes, the site tracks ALL years. Males have been in women's sports since the 1920s. The more comprehensive the database, the larger picture we get on male advantage and the impact even one male can have. The majority of results, however, are from the past 10 years.
Yes, the site tracks ALL countries. Every woman on earth deserves fairness in sport. Many athletes compete across borders in international competition. Athletes immigrate to other countries. The majority of results, however, have been found in English-speaking countries, especially the United States.
Yes, all results are linked to a source where they can be independently verified.
Yes, all athletes are verified as male. Many can be independently confirmed with a simple Google search. If you have further questions, contact the site, as I do not link more personal family info in public posts.
If you know of any athletes not on the site or see any mistakes that need correcting, please let me know.
Knowledge is power. Arm yourself with it.
I could absolutely blast this woman with hundreds of examples of boys hurting girls, taking their medals and opportunities, and ruining the athletic experiences for not just "five girls" but for thousands, but honestly, I'm tired, and this isn't about examples or "lack" therof.
What this is about is the fundamental question of whether or not girls are allowed to have female only sport. Regardless of whether or not there is only 1 boy participating or 1,000, policies that based sports on "gender identity" give EVERY BOY in the state the RIGHT to participate if he so wishes.
What this means is that girls no longer have a RIGHT to participate in female-only competition.
Legislating on the question of whether or not girls' sports should exist is not a "fake problem."
It is a fundamental policy question that concerns every single girl who participates in sport in this country.
Rachel Maddow, ignorant, useful idiot that she appears to be, does not seem to understand this or believe that sports matter for girls in any way, shape, or form.
Rachel Maddow on the trans-athlete panic:
“To invent a fake problem… is pitiful — a sign of profound political weakness — and something that I think has now been exposed as the fantasist, B.S. cop-out that it is.”
You seem to be missing the point.
Allowing boys into girls' sports allows ANY and EVERY boy the RIGHT to join a girls' team if he chooses.
That is not a tiny issue, it is a FUNDAMENTAL issue for women's sport because it is actually concerning whether or not women's sport is actually allowed to exist.
That is not "blown up fear mongering."
What is the fear mongering is the rhetoric I've been hearing for years now that boys are going to commit suicide in droves if they cannot join a girls' team while the same people making that argument try to pass this off as a nonexistent issue that "affects no one."
@SuzyCreamcheez3@tamarashapiro They are committing fraud and attempting to deceive everyone around them.
They aren't being "outed"
They are being exposed. As they should be.
I already see a two huge problems the ACLU face in arguing this case.
1. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. B.P.J. that schools are allowed to have female athletic teams based on sex.
2. The initiative does not target female athletes, only those wishing to participate on a girls' team. In other words, female athletes are still allowed to play on boys' teams or co-ed teams as they have previously.
Now the ACLU (along with the WEA) is suing Washington state for its recently-passed ballot measure on women’s sports.
The last time the ACLU tried something like this, we got a resounding Supreme Court victory for women and girls. We’re ready. Game on.
Then aren't Washington laws violating each other?
Allowing some males on girls' teams but not others solely on the basis of "gender identity" is direct discrimination on the basis of "gender identity"
I just don't understand how these laws are able to exist in the first place. They are so nonsensical and contradictory.
You also simply cannot have protections against discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity at the same time as they are two contradictory attributes.
Will be interesting to see how the case plays out and if it can be appealed to the federal level? I don't know enough about law to know if that's possible here.
@andy_coole57548 Couldn't a counter argument be that state law has allowed events like the Special Olympics to exist, which only applies rules like the requirement of medical documents and proof of cognitive disability for disabled individuals but not for healthy bodied?
Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination based on sex.
Allowing males onto girls' teams is discriminatory towards female individuals as difference in sexes allow males more opportunity for success.
Or one could argue that segregating based on "gender identity" is unlawful and discriminatory.
Segregating based on "gender identity" without asserting and proving WHY that segregation is necessary in the first place while sex segregation is not, I don't think would pass scrutiny at in the Supreme Court.
@Spillium@nakedpastor Then you do not have any evidence that anything is, in fact, false.
Every entry is linked to a source.
You are more than welcome to check it yourself.
https://t.co/ZBOvHiKpj5
Yes, AI says that because it draws input from online comments made by anyone. Please show me in the "source" you've listed some examples of inaccuracies.
The site does not include non-sporting honors and events in any totals.
There are no female athletes on the website.
Both blatantly and provably false statements.
That would be the best possible scenario, assuming this goes all the way to the Supreme court.
I think the issue they are trying to argue on is that it is discriminatory because it requires something of girls but not for boys and this violates state law.
Which would have interesting consequences for organizations like the Special Olympics which also require proof of disability and documentation to participate and who I imagine also have to follow state law.
@Spillium@nakedpastor This website lists every single example with a link to a source, 21,000+ links, all so you can confirm them directly yourself.
Get to it.
Males have won Olympic medals as well.
The 2016 Rio Olympic women's 800 had three males on the podium. While not "trans" identified, they are still male, which is the problem.
He also has no idea how many Olympic medals may have been won by "trans" identified males because we don't actually know how many "trans" identified males have been in the Olympics. They don't make that info public.
@JamieWhistle@IsleLesbos They honestly believe they are good people, doing the "Lord's work" so to speak, just like any other religious extremist.
I don't even know how to reach these people. I know there are no number of examples I can show here that would reach her.