Elie Mystal at The Nation talks the usual stale point-missing drivel.
I’ve come to understand that advocating for the fundamental humanity, dignity, and equality of transgender people, especially transgender women, is a controversial stance. I realize that there are a lot of people who otherwise support legal and social equality think that there must be some way to carve transgender people out of our society and place them off to the side, with a diminished suite of rights and privileges.
No, that’s wrong. Of course it’s wrong. The reality is the other way around: trans ideology has invented a new and fictitious suite of rights and privileges.
These people are wrong. Bigotry must be fought everywhere and at all times.
But “these people” don’t exist, because we don’t have the thoughts you claim we do. Your argument depends on the giant strawman that gender atheists think trans people should have no rights. If you can’t make your case without lying, your case should be dismissed.
It’s not “bigotry” to know that men are not women.
Put another way, the court ruled that transgender women and girls have no constitutional right to equality. It is a disgusting ruling.
And it’s not just about sports. It’s about whether transgender women and girls have the same rights as everybody else. It’s about whether they have the same rights as cis people, and about whether they have the same rights as transgender men. And the court said “no.”
None of that is true. “Cis” people don’t have a right to play on the opposite sex team. If you can’t make your case without lying, your case should be dismissed.
Prohibiting trans women from participating in sports is discrimination on the basis of gender norms, something that is also not allowed under Title IX.
No it isn’t. Furthermore, the issue is not prohibiting men who claim to be trans from participating in sports, it’s prohibiting them from participating in women’s sports. They can go right on participating in men’s sports.
If you can’t make your case without lying…
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