Culture Chicago Marathon's quiet nonbinary division addition 'feels hurtful,' runner says - The lack of hype around the new inclusive division left some of those who identify as such with a bad taste in their mouths.

Some Chicago Marathon runners are feeling a little blue heading into this weekend’s race.

One of the biggest events of the year for the sport followed Boston and London with the creation of a nonbinary division for runners who don’t identify as male or female. The lack of hype around the new inclusive division left some of those who identify as such with a bad taste in their mouths.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, there was no major announcement to coincide with the division.

"Personally, it feels hurtful because it feels performative, or brushed under the rug, because it really is a big deal," Cal Calamia told the newspaper, adding they were "excited" to compete in their hometown.

The Boston Marathon made its announcement of a nonbinary division last month. The division will compete in 2023. London also announced the creation of a nonbinary division for 2023.

The New York City Marathon did it last year. The Philadelphia Distance Run was the first large race in the U.S. to establish a nonbinary division and offer equal prize money. The event did that last year.

"As a trans athlete, showing up and registering for these races is a hard thing to do, because there’s not usually space," Calamia told the Sun-Times. "What makes it easier is when big organizations with a lot of power say, ‘We’re adding this category and we’re proud of it, and we’re doing what it takes to celebrate these runners who are now being invited to our event."

About 70 runners are registered for the nonbinary division in the Chicago Marathon.

"While we’re excited to introduce the nonbinary division, we recognize the opportunity for continued dialogue, learning and progress with our event. Discussions are ongoing with non-binary participants and leaders within our sport to work together towards our goal of creating more inclusive event experiences," Chicago Marathon spokeswoman Alex Sawyer told the paper.

The marathon will begin on Oct. 9.

The race will feature defending champions Ruth Chepngetich, of Kenya, Seifu Tura, of Ethiopia, and Americans Tatyana McFadden and Daniel Romanchuk.

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[queue-anon]

Non binary is white women who want to get attention for trooning out but can't become men because they hate men.

It is essentially self-diagnosed GOTIS.

White women who hate men are perfectly happy to troon out. Case in point: man-hater Jude Doyle (fka Sadie). I guess she figures she's one of the "good" men.

Enbies are just boring, usually ugly women trying to attract a mate. Since men assume they're crazy, they'll just be pumped and dumped forever, assuming they can get laid at all.

 

[MadDisaster]

Shocking - people desperate for attention upset that they got something, but no attention. They didn't become nonbinary to be just like everyone else. They're special damn it, and deserve special treatment! Praise them for their special uniqueness!

 

[TowinKarz]

Shocking - people desperate for attention upset that they got something, but no attention. They didn't become nonbinary to be just like everyone else. They're special damn it, and deserve special treatment! Praise them for their special uniqueness!

"Special Snowflake upset they were put in the same bin as all the other snowflakes who self-identify as special, insists their specialness is even MORE special."

 

[Midge Shelby1919]

"Personally, it feels hurtful because it feels performative, or brushed under the rug, because it really is a big deal," Cal Calamia told the newspaper, adding they were "excited" to compete in their hometown.

No, fanfare is performative. If being non-binary is normal, and you wanted to treated normally, this is what you get: nobody batting an eye or paying any attention to it. Isn’t normalizing the important thing? It’s almost like you’re going out of your way to be different and like the attention you get when people notice!

 

[Fungible penis]

Imagine that, feeling performative. Let's get a tranny race up and running asap.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

God Himself could announce it and they'd complain it wasn't their god of choice.

 

[indigoisviolet]

The reason they kept quiet and just put it into practice was to avoid getting their heads kicked in on social media over bullshit accusations of segregation. Sure, troons found something to moan about anyway, but that's what they do, that's their primary source of income.

TERF Island lead this trend after the Sports & Culture Ministry investigation into men competing in women's sport concluded there was no middle ground possible, ever. The UK opened up a series of "all-comer" events for freaks (no irony intended, I'm sure) and then quietly yet firmly banned trannies from girls' changing rooms.

 

[Comicsgeist]

The reason they kept quiet and just put it into practice was to avoid getting their heads kicked in on social media over bullshit accusations of segregation. Sure, troons found something to moan about anyway, but that's what they do, that's their primary source of income.

TERF Island lead this trend after the Sports & Culture Ministry investigation into men competing in women's sport concluded there was no middle ground possible, ever. The UK opened up a series of "all-comer" events for freaks (no irony intended, I'm sure) and then quietly yet firmly banned trannies from girls' changing rooms.

I suspect they're introducing the category to avoid the appalling spectacle of another Leah Thomas.
It's one thing for normies to say they 'support current year thing', it's another thing entirely to watch a hairy man in a sports bra thrash female competitors and swipe their prize purse.
That's just too red-pilling so it has to be avoided at all cost, even if that means giving the gender specials their own category.

 

[indigoisviolet]

I suspect they're introducing the category to avoid the appalling spectacle of another Leah Thomas.
It's one thing for normies to say they 'support current year thing', it's another thing entirely to watch a hairy man in a sports bra thrash female competitors and swipe their prize purse.
That's just too red-pilling so it has to be avoided at all cost, even if that means giving the gender specials their own category.

Yep. Trannies haven't noticed yet they've been hoisted by their own petard, and by the time they feel the explosion, it'll be too late. No more easy victories over physically weaker women, and less than zero interest in sponsoring them beyond Soylent or titty skittle manufacturers. You could still make a career out of that limited sponsor pool, of course, yet now they won't be taking prizes away from girls, or offending general audiences as nobody is ever going to watch them compete.