One of the all-time great Rock Hall moments: Dolly’s “Jolene” with Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Pat Benatar, Annie Lennox, Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Pink, and Sheryl Crow. Zac Brown Band held it down as the house band.
Rest easy, Dolly 🤘
“Most of all, I need people to understand this. Loving your child and questioning an irreversible medical pathway are not opposites. Sometimes they are exactly the same thing.” - Immensely powerful piece by mother “Sarah B” in today’s @australian https://t.co/KiJWvFdzlP
Women’s rights activist Sall Grover says the ABC branding WNBA star Sophie Cunningham “problematic” for defending women's sport is "laughable", and "tells us everything we need to know about the ABC's editorial standards". https://t.co/rXbGfR28fc
“We are trying to eradicate people like you,” said
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, as she pathetically ordered Dr Peter Balan OAM escorted from the Senate hearing.
https://t.co/qLXO99XYuM
So, today's @ObserverUK didn't publish any letters in response to that painful article last week attacking the WTA sex testing policy.
Even this one, apparently.
Shame, because I think it's spot on. 🤔
That statement is incorrect. For one, and as you know i’m not in agreement and my mandate is a relevant special procedure.
Second, protecting the female category in sport and asserting the right of females (women and girls) to safety, equality and dignity is not a response to populism but an obligation under international human rights law. I’m pleased the @iocmedia has recognised this too.
It's kind of incredible to spend years building yourself up as one of the most likeable figures in the WNBA and then burn it all down to pick on a tiny and extremely vulnerable group of young, trans athletes.
Riley Dennis and Stephanie Blanch are both males. They’re both grown men. And Mr. Dennis and Mr. Blanch are the villains of this story.
Please repost so the world knows exactly who these men are.
If they’re going to receive $95,000 because a woman called them men, let’s make sure as many people as possible know why.
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The more people who see the facts, the more people can decide for themselves what, if anything, they want to do to make a difference.
@timmckane Your daughter has been ideologically captured. She has disengaged her critical thinking brain and opted for the be kind, be nice option.
No amount of evidence will change her mind at this stage.
Cringe 😬
There is a significant army out here on X, armed with the facts, the arguments and the knowledge on sex testing in sport.
That army is committed to women's sport, to fairness and to the integrity of competition.
It is confident and battle-hardened.
Challenge it at your own risk.
(This gives me some small satisfaction.)
🎾Breaking: No men allowed in women’s professional tennis
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) implements sex-screening for all players “to preserve the integrity of women’s professional tennis and maintain fair competition conditions for all players…”
Thank you to tennis stars @Martina@ChrissieEvert and @SabalenkaA for being outspoken advocates of fair sport and equal opportunities for women. 👏👏👏
A male body is just that - male.
A simple cheek swab will ensure that male bodies will not be allowed in female sports.
No judgement on female bodies needed. This is scaremongering.
@Martina@unchimico@swiateksg1rl 'Male bodies in female sports'. How soon before this very ideology is used to start punishing cis women who don't fit some Victorian definition of a female body. It's happened on the track.
Also very ironic coming from you who was never once described as having a feminine body.
@unchimico@swiateksg1rl Yes I took that test. All women athletes took that test until the test was stopped I think in 2000 Olympics. And now we are restarting it at the Olympic level and WTA and it will hopefully trickle down. There is no reason to have male bodies in female sports.
Important breakthrough to see this well argued and objective article in the Age which usually refuses to cover trans issues unless it is a positive puff piece. Probably helps that @CroweDM is based in London and therefore knows what is actually happening in this area