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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think being trans-exclusionary makes you a radical per se.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not really. Other than the perpetually online, a majority of people believe that trans identities in women's sports is wrong. I don't know how to fix that perception, but it's a pretty common viewpoint.

Being trans-exclusionary everywhere ELSE absolutely, you would be considered a radical.

But before "Gender Identity" even became a thing, sports had some pretty simple rules: If you take substances to modify your body, then you're excluded from competition.

Unfortunately, that's the primary basis of gender identity nowadays, so it's a natural consequence. Notice that the problem never really even gets discussed in men's sports (except by reactionaries) -- because there being any kind of physical advantage in the male category is negligible at best.