▲ 71 ▼ Pete Buttigieg Says Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Raise “Serious Fairness Issues” (www.them.us) submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) “If LeBron James got a sex change today, should he be allowed to play for the WNBA and score 800 points per game?” If LeBron James got on HRT, then he wouldn't play like pre-transition LeBron James because that's like the opposite of taking steroids. Also, isn't Dave Chappelle the guy who had a whole anti-woke special and had Musk on his show? The billionaires are happy we’re arguing about this, instead of talking about taxing the wealth they did not earn and do not deserve. Yes. Only a small fraction of people is trans and only a small fraction of that compete in sports. What's even there to argue about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Guttural@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago What if he didn't start HRT but found out he was trans now, like a lot of trans people I've had the chance to talk with. Would it be fair for him (her in that case) to compete in the WBNA, in your opinion? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rose@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago Leftist or not, transphobia is transphobia. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Drlildoom@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago This is such a dumb take. LeBron James makes about $50 million a year. The highest WNBA salary is about $250,000. Rookie NBA players make about a million a year. Absolutely none of them would give up that just to score "800 points a game". permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 child) “If LeBron James got a sex change today, should he be allowed to play for the WNBA and score 800 points per game?” If LeBron James got on HRT, then he wouldn't play like pre-transition LeBron James because that's like the opposite of taking steroids. Also, isn't Dave Chappelle the guy who had a whole anti-woke special and had Musk on his show? The billionaires are happy we’re arguing about this, instead of talking about taxing the wealth they did not earn and do not deserve. Yes. Only a small fraction of people is trans and only a small fraction of that compete in sports. What's even there to argue about? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Guttural@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago What if he didn't start HRT but found out he was trans now, like a lot of trans people I've had the chance to talk with. Would it be fair for him (her in that case) to compete in the WBNA, in your opinion? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Guttural@jlai.lu 1 point 1 year ago What if he didn't start HRT but found out he was trans now, like a lot of trans people I've had the chance to talk with. Would it be fair for him (her in that case) to compete in the WBNA, in your opinion? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago Leftist or not, transphobia is transphobia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drlildoom@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago This is such a dumb take. LeBron James makes about $50 million a year. The highest WNBA salary is about $250,000. Rookie NBA players make about a million a year. Absolutely none of them would give up that just to score "800 points a game". permalink fedilink source parent