Trans people playing gendered sports was a cakewalk for conservatives. It was such a dumb fight to pick. Our civil rights leaders overplayed their hands, encouraging Democrats to chase this dragon, now the closest thing we had to political allies have to publicly walk back their alignment with us to save face.
It’s literally setting trans rights back 20 years.
So yeah, make the issue a small one, managed by regional and local authorities. Encourage gender-integrated sports and leagues; that’s the real answer here.
We have to win the culture first, THEN leverage that for legal protections. Now, because of these choices, we get to spend the next decade (or more!) being underpaid, underemployed, discriminated against and abused until we can convince anyone it’s worth fighting for us.
The trans sports debate is so fucking stupid.
Trans people playing gendered sports was a cakewalk for conservatives. It was such a dumb fight to pick. Our civil rights leaders overplayed their hands, encouraging Democrats to chase this dragon, now the closest thing we had to political allies have to publicly walk back their alignment with us to save face.
It’s literally setting trans rights back 20 years.
So yeah, make the issue a small one, managed by regional and local authorities. Encourage gender-integrated sports and leagues; that’s the real answer here.
We have to win the culture first, THEN leverage that for legal protections. Now, because of these choices, we get to spend the next decade (or more!) being underpaid, underemployed, discriminated against and abused until we can convince anyone it’s worth fighting for us.