Transgender and LGBTQ+ in 2021

A transgender athlete was just banned from the U.S. Olympic trials because her testosterone levels were too high. That news doesn't belong on this thread?

 

its here. and this alone is the one thing i can see as being reasonable. i dont know about those levels and if you can reduce them or how any of it works but at this level i can see how it might be a dis qualifier. unless there are ways to correct the levels, which i dont know about

 

You know it's hard to argue with a body that has rule that are in place. We are discussing the aesthetics of transgender and athletics on another thread. To me this thread is about far more than athletics, it's about the ability of the LGBTQi community to exist on a daily basis. So yeah take the Olympic stuff to the sports thread where we are talking about transgender athletes.

 

There are numerous better arenas to argue transgender matters than athletics. That's a 'Duh" proposition, but one that several transphobic governing bodies have foisted upon us. Thank you, Mack Beggs.

 

That idea might work for acting/the arts, but it wouldn't for sports, which are less subjective and subject to definite divisions of achievement levels and definitely different possibilities of potential -- which all are based almost entirely on gender differences.

 

I'm really not interested in people telling me to take topics that are relevant to a thread off that thread, thank you very much.

You are more than welcome to ignore my post and move right along with the thread.

 

But gender isn’t real and isn’t fixed.

 

SCOTUS denied cert in Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm, in which the 4th Circuit held the school board’s policy requiring him to use a bathroom separate from those used by non-transgender students discriminated against Grimm in violation of Title IX.

Denial of cert is not a ruling on the merits and, since this ruling is only controlling in the 4th circuit, I would expect the issue will come up in other jurisdictions. If another circuit rules differently, review on the merits would be much more likely.

Thomas and Alito would have granted review.

 

What Kay Ivey’s trans bashing really revealed

 

Thomas and Alito would grant review on Plessy v. Ferguson, Dred Scott and Brown v. Board of Education.

 

NHL prospect Luke Prokop comes out as gay, in a first for the league — CNN

 

"From a young age I have dreamed of being an NHL player, and I believe that living my authentic life will allow me to bring my whole self to the rink and improve my chances of fulfilling my dreams," his statement read in part.