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Rhys is fat. His argument is invalid.Here we go! Of course he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
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Rhys is fat. His argument is invalid.Here we go! Of course he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
Not exactly on-topic, but: what on earth is going on here?BENGALURU, June 21 (Reuters)
And then if you click over to another Reuters troons-in-sports article it's also written by that same pajeet, but with a Budapest tagline.Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis
Rhys is so good. I can see why everyone works so hard to keep him out of sight rather than send him into debate, the battle against the TERFs would be too unfair if he were allowed to demolish their arguments with this one weird trick."There hasn't been a single peer-reviewed study on trans women competitive swimmers to show that there's any competitive advantage for transitioning post puberty," Ivy said.
"So to single out puberty as the break-off point isn't based on any evidence, it's not based on them seeing an advantage for trans women, they have only looked at cisgender male athletes compared to cisgender female athletes.
"That's not how this works. When you're trying to single out trans women, you need to study trans women athletes... FINA has not done that."
Two points. One, you don’t need a study. All you need is that photo of tub-of-lard Rhys on the podium grinning like a special needs kid, next to two women who don’t make up his weight combined.Here we go! Of course he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
Trans athlete Ivy slams FINA policy as 'unscientific' (archive)
Trans athlete Ivy slams FINA policy as 'unscientific'
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
BENGALURU, June 21 (Reuters) - Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming's governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women's competitions, telling Reuters that there had not been enough research to guide such decisions.
Ivy also criticised FINA's plans to explore an "open" category as part of its policy that was passed following a vote at its extraordinary general congress on Sunday, saying such a move does not show respect to trans athletes.
FINA's decision, the strictest by any Olympic sports body, came after members heard a report from a transgender task force comprising medical, legal and sports figures. read more
The new eligibility policy for FINA competitions states that male-to-female transgender athletes are eligible to compete only if "they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later."
Canadian Ivy, who in 2018 became the first transgender UCI masters world track cycling champion by winning in the women's 35-44 years category, described FINA's policy as "unscientific".
"There hasn't been a single peer-reviewed study on trans women competitive swimmers to show that there's any competitive advantage for transitioning post puberty," Ivy said.
"So to single out puberty as the break-off point isn't based on any evidence, it's not based on them seeing an advantage for trans women, they have only looked at cisgender male athletes compared to cisgender female athletes.
"That's not how this works. When you're trying to single out trans women, you need to study trans women athletes... FINA has not done that."
With the world championships currently taking place in Budapest, FINA was not immediately available for comment.
But FINA's contention that trans women athletes retain some physical advantages despite testosterone suppression after going through male puberty has been backed by a study from Joanna Harper, a doctoral researcher at Loughborough University.
That paper concluded "strength may be well preserved" in trans women during the first three years of hormone therapy.
'MEANINGFUL COMPETITION'
"It's reasonable to put restrictions on trans women in international level sports competitions," Harper said, adding she was disappointed but not surprised by FINA's policy.
"Restricting participation to only those trans women who have never experienced male puberty is not necessary to ensure meaningful competition for all women.
"In terms of the open category, I'm sceptical, but I'll reserve judgment until I see the finished product. Will there be Olympic medals in swimming in the open category? Will swimmers in that category be able to earn a living as professionals?"
The debate surrounding trans women athletes has intensified after University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle this year.
Rugby league also banned transgender players from women's international competition on Tuesday. read more
Soccer's global body FIFA is in a consultation process over transgender participation while World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe has praised FINA for its stance. read more
The International Cycling Union has also tightened its rules on transgender participation. read more
Ivy said that FINA's decision was likely because of Thomas, who has not won a world title or participated in the Olympics.
"In the United States trans people are under attack... People trying to outlaw treatments and access to healthcare and sport... politicians calling for us to be murdered," she said.
"That's the context in which we see something like this."
Harper said it was important for sports bodies to continue collecting data.
"I'd suggest that whatever decisions they make today, they review them regularly and hopefully, as more and better data is published, they make better policies," Harper said.
To be fair, he probably knows a fair bit about swimming, being as how any boat he steps on instantly sinks.Rhys is fat. His argument is invalid.
Rhys's arguments are basically that if a man is a mediocre performer and that means that they should be eligible to perform in the female category... which pretty much sums up how much he hates women. He just views them as inferior males.
TBF these are all accomplished athletes and business people. Tristen Chernove is apparently a legit celebrity (at least on instagram). Rhys really didn't have a chance. As much as I would have liked the milk, it is reassuring that there are still standards in woke BC. Rhys just goes from failure to failure. At this point I can't even recommend he apply at Canadian Tire, I'm not sure they'd take him.
And I haven't heard a single politician in the US calling for the murder of troons. Imprisonment for grooming vulnerable kids, yes, but outright murder? No. But then again, since "words are violence", maybe he's equating criticism with being literally murdered.
I'm almost certain he's referring to Pastor Mark Burns, a weirdo televangelist and conspiracy theorist, who is technically a politician because he's running as a candidate in the GOP primary for one of South Carolina's House seats (SC-04) which he also did in 2018 (he got 2.5% of the vote), he went on an internet talk show and said parents of trans kids should be convicted for treason. This is obviously proof, especially if all you read is trans Twitter and people who obsessively watch "right-wing" internet content to warn others about it, of an active Literal Genocide of all LGBTQIA2S+ people being planned by the highest levels of the Republican Party. It was all over trans Twitter the other day before they moved onto the next thing.Rhys lives in a parallel universe. Not even in openly hating troon countries, like russia and ukraine, have politicians called for murder. He really is a wanker.....oh,....no he can't do that.
Did the whole thing come from the Australian SBS sixty second interview? I don't know if they're a major network, but their website looks like that way. It seems convenient that he'd get a network spot and then some curry-spun Reuters article pops up everywhere. Don't news companies have some kind of story-sharing agreement? I have no idea but it seems that way.I dug into Simon Evans, the writer listed as one of the contributors in the that article and he's the reuters sports correspondent. It's shit tier sports reporting to fill out the "sports" tab on the site. There's no insights, analysis or anything just 450-600 word AP style articles about mundane sports bullshit.
They needed a story for the 24 hour news cycle, Rhys had some kind of in with that pajeet woman and is terminally online. I don't think anyone at reuters actually cares about troons.
Nah, if the Inuit catch sight of him they might mistake him for a beluga that somehow grew legs and nail him with a harpoon so they can make muktuk out of his blubbery ass.TBF these are all accomplished athletes and business people. Tristen Chernove is apparently a legit celebrity (at least on instagram). Rhys really didn't have a chance. As much as I would have liked the milk, it is reassuring that there are still standards in woke BC. Rhys just goes from failure to failure. At this point I can't even recommend he apply at Canadian Tire, I'm not sure they'd take him.
It's okay Rhys, they'll hire you in Nunavut. That PhD has still gotta be worth something. Go North my boy, and groom the Inuit leaders of tomorrow!