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Mark ruffalo and Johnny galecki were constantly asked if they were gay - they just went “ so what if I am ?”
If being trans isn’t shameful - why would the queer movement align themselves and support someone who has blatantly stated that it is ? What khelif has said is much much worse than anything the terfs have said.
“Recognised for woman “and all that - I don’t know if we have a right to force others to perceive us as we wish. In any case I don’t think the sex question is settled at all and plenty of evidence has been shown that a cheek swab genetic test should have been done before medals were awarded.
It’s completely unfair to publish these threads that are just misinformation and virtue signalling and then censor and shame anyone who disagrees with you. You don’t actually want to encourage a reasoned civil discussion - you want to indicate to others that only something’s are appropriate to say and everything else is wrong think. If that’s what it is - message your buddies on a WhatsApp group and you can all congratulate each other on being the goodies. This specific community has repeatedly adopted a common sense approach - you keep getting ratioed on almost all of these threads so far.
If you’re so convinced of the virtue of your position why would you feel the need to censor ?
Your movement seems more emotionally driven than rational. If enemy of my enemy is my friend is the only guiding light- I dont know why anyone would sign up?
Imane Khelif and ▮▮▮ coaches were given these tests and the IOC was notified of the tests as well. That is why ▮▮▮ was disqualified from previous tournaments. ▮▮▮ could have appealed and taken a simple cheek swab to put the whole controversy to bed- but ▮▮▮ didnt. ▮▮▮ has threated the IBA from making his tests publicly available citing medical confidentiality- if I were in that place and a simple cheek swab or releasing test results could shut up all the people "harassing" me by tweeting mean things like "▮▮▮ a ▮▮▮"- I would do that. If the IOC wanted to demonstrate they saw value in protecting womens sports- they would have tested all competitors.
But Khelif decided ▮▮▮ didn't care about whether it was safe for other women or fair, ▮▮▮ wanted to beat ▮▮▮ and get a medal for it so thats what ▮▮▮ did. ▮▮▮ coach claimed ▮▮▮ had XY chromosomes because that's what happens to women who climb up and down mountains a lot. If you believe that I have a talking dog I want to sell you.
Sources: https://www.iba.sport/news/iba-clarifies-the-facts-the-letter-to-the-ioc-regarding-two-ineligible-boxers-was-sent-and-acknowledged/
https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2024/8/9/algerias-imane-khelif-wins-gold-will-this-worldwide-controversy-spark-constructive-change#:~:text=The%20New%20Delhi%20test%20results,athletes%20from%20the%202023%20championships
https://reduxx.info/khelif-is-a-man-female-boxer-who-fought-imane-khelif-speaks-out-claims-algerian-boxing-team-told-her-khelif-had-been-biologically-altered-by-living-in-the-mountains/
I know you want to live in a world where men can be women and that somehow is supposed to lead to utopia. But it won't. Unless women's sex class-based rights are protected there is no utopia to be found. You can do all the word magic you want- adult human females will still exist and still face sex based oppression. Why are you so keen to destroy the sex category? What bothers you about the word "woman" and "female" having a coherent definition? Why do you feel so bad for men who feel "excluded" from being female that youre willing to throw every right and norm of public decency women have managed to fight for?
You need to get the message that other people have rights too. And people can’t change sex.
What the terfs have always been saying turns out to be true. This has nothing to do with gender identity or rights of minorities, and everything to do with a man being upset that hes a man and wanting to beat up women for sport.
The lawsuit was filed against X, which under French law means that it was filed against unknown persons. That “ensure[s] that the ‘prosecution has all the latitude to be able to investigate against all people,” including those who may have written hateful messages under pseudonyms, said Boudi. The complaint nevertheless mentions famously controversial figures.
“J. K. Rowling and Elon Musk are named in the lawsuit, among others,” he said, adding that Donald Trump would be part of the investigation. “Trump tweeted, so whether or not he is named in our lawsuit, he will inevitably be looked into as part of the prosecution.”
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185/amp/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/14/imane-khelif-names-rowling-musk-cyberbullying-lawsuit/
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-jk-rowling-named-in-lawsuit-filed-by-boxer-imane-khelif-amid-gender-row-at-2024-paris-olympics-6332908/amp/1