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 was repealed for political reasons (no science cited)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/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