• AdaA
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    1 year ago

    If that was their goal, they did it without actually mentioning just how bad it is for trans people at the moment. The article didn’t say “Sports are moving against trans folks, but fans don’t want that”. What it said is that sports are more welcoming than ever, at the time when trans folk are more excluded than ever.

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      Okay I agree with that regarding the content.

      The only part they emphasized the ongoing problem is the last paragraph, and their wording is still vague.

      “At all levels, from grassroots sports and the gym up to elite levels, there are are still many barriers that result in LGBTQ+ people shying away from participating, and if we want to truly make sport everyone’s game, we need to turn the Rainbow Lace from a symbol of inclusion into a mindset.”

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        their wording is still vague.

        Yep. The experiences that cis LGBQ folk have in sports is nothing at all like the experience that gender diverse folk experience sports, and the implied equivalence even there is glossing over the reality that many of us are dealing with.