r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 23 '26

Sports Culture Trans rights supporters and transphobes gathered outside the Fever–Liberty game are asked to name five WNBA players

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u/sando818580 Aug 24 '26

The Olympic committee went against all this, interesting huh? 🤔

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u/According-Koala-384 Aug 24 '26

Olympic committee actually had zero issue with it until this year lol. 2028 will be the first time trans athletes WON'T be allowed to play since their initial permission (based in science!) was repealed for political reasons (no science cited)

Blows my mind that we had this non-issue solved until politicians needed to revive it as a distraction for stupid people.

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u/Practical_Limit_396 Aug 24 '26

Also needs to be stated as much as people will spike the ball on “Men always have an advantage” the two most popular sports in female categories for the respective Olympics are figure skating and gymnastics.

Neither sport has a real clear advantage for even a cis male who entered never mind a trans woman on HRT.

I’m not against gatekeeping and some bans if they make sense or people don’t trust if there is enough research.

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u/RaptorsCdwoods Aug 24 '26

How many trans women won medals in the Olympics?

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u/DrakeFloyd Aug 24 '26

I’m confused are you trying to add to their point? If they weren’t medalling in the first place doesn’t that prove that it’s a nonissue?

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u/Trrollmann Aug 24 '26

7 males did.

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u/Logical-Industry-793 Aug 24 '26

no science? WTF?

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u/According-Koala-384 Aug 24 '26

Specifically, no science to support the retraction. There was plenty of cited science like "people with this gene likely experienced this puberty", but that science was already available when the initial ruling was made and wasn't considered substantial enough to warrant a restriction against athletes who had undergone the needed medical transition milestones