Thread: Transgender Weightlifter Killing it

Meh.....A pile of ridiculous rubbish, IMO.

Some people are so self-centered, they cannot see how goofy they appear to the majority of 'regular' folks.
Back to the media for sensationalizing stupidity and telling all it is fine...
Normal even?

I tire of it all being shoved into my face. JMHO

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

Participation souvenir. "Trophy", I'm sure offends someone, somewhere!

Trophies are for the winners of a game/series/league whatever.
These participation trophies are just silly. As we all know, there are winners and losers

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Trophies are for the winners of a game/series/league whatever.
These participation trophies are just silly. As we all know, there are winners and losers

Yeah, Brother Dave.....On a forum such as this. For MEN.
Seems this thread is a loser. No trophy!

Almost embarrassing! JMO

So here come someone with a long explanation on 'feelings' and such.
Rubbish...

Tom, I have to agree with Mike. This thread and the members have been on point and true gentlemen.
I hope my comments haven't derailed this.

But honestly, as said, a transgender should not be able to compete with natural genders. Hormones and every other point mentioned prove this. Well in a fair competition

All I can muster is 'Whatever?'

The more I think about this my opinion has become that this started with a guy that was a nobody and read the rules. What would it take to win and get my name in the record books.....

From what I see he has found a loophole or 2 in the rules and took them to his advantage.

Originally Posted by 32t

The more I think about this my opinion has become that this started with a guy that was a nobody and read the rules. What would it take to win and get my name in the record books.....

From what I see he has found a loophole or 2 in the rules and took them to his advantage.

Surely if the media had not championed it, it would have been quashed locally. I can just see a trio of female body-builders convincing the thing to find something else to do with it'self.
Crap!

Yeah, nah. You all missed the point... Quite possibly the star of that video is missing a point of his /her own...
This is the length ( or lack of length now ) that a New Zealand athlete will go to beat Australia at a sport...
All jokes aside, I did not see that on the news here. I absolutely don't agree with swapping genders to win anything. I would have thought people like that have bigger problems to deal with. I am not homophobic, but I absolutely don't agree with gay marriage either.
Sorry if that offends anyone here, but hey there, read your Bible.
Why is it that even the sanctity of marriage has been over ridden with political correctness?
Each to their own, but it is rather ludicrous,and a huge joke here that people of the same sex can get married, but can't legally smoke a joint together...
Cheers for that Irishshaver, just don't see the reason behind it. Pretty sure I was still asking questions about how to shave correctly at. post 34. Request thread be closed.


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Originally Posted by Grazor

I am not homophobic, but I absolutely don't agree with gay marriage either.
Sorry if that offends anyone here, but hey there, read your Bible.
Why is it that even the sanctity of marriage has been over ridden with political correctness?
Each to their own, but it is rather ludicrous,and a huge joke here that people of the same sex can get married, but can't legally smoke a joint together...

This is getting a bit off-topic, as gender and sexual orientation are not the same thing.

Because marriage, apart from being a symbolic institution, has very serious legal ramifications, from taxes to child custody and inheritances.

And yes, more off-topic, I agree it's silly that marihuana is still considered the big, green monster in alot of places.

And why do you feel this thread should be closed?

Society's new view regarding transgender and sexual identity is so new that I'm sure it will evolve. Case in point, the very topic of this thread, transgenders and competitive sports is a conundrum to be sure:

Current/common way of thinking seems to be: a transgender person declaring they are the opposite sex should be regarded in all ways as such (e.g. pronoun references as their declared identity, changing sex on legal documents to declared sex, using declared sex bathrooms/locker rooms, etc) In effect, no difference than biological persons of the declared sex. Treated as and regarded as....the same in all respects.

Competitive sports: Acknowledgement by many as to the fact that biologically men and women are different and can in many sports give a biological male and by extension, a biological male declaring himself female, advantages. Advantages which some argue should prevent transgender male to female from competing with biological women. Or, create a different class in sports altogether, a transgender category (I doubt transgenders would like that idea).

Unless society embraces in totality the concept of perceived sexual identity being no different than biological identity without restriction including in competitive sports and instead has a same in nearly all respects but different in some respects related to biology (ie sports) wouldn't we as society be simply pretending or adopting fantasy as reality?

That's why I just don't think you can have it one way (transgenders are the same as biologicals they identify with) but then not another (but not the same in the case of.......).