Athletics WA Indoor World Championships 2024

[Olympian1010 7,971]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Scientifically speaking it’s not possible to identify with either gender?

I was speaking more culturally/psychologically about gender identity. 

[Biathlonfan 625]

24 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Genuinely didn't mean it to be an insult by the way. I just wanted to offer an alternative to the first article, since you were confused by the wording.

 

I would agree that "transgender" and "non-binary" seem juxaposed to one another. I can definetly see non-binary identification as a potantial steeping stone to someone realizing their transgender identity, or not. Personally, I have no idea what Hiltz means by that terminology for it's worth.

And as i said,didn't take it as an insult,and it's all good,just wanted to clarify that i'm not automatically a fox news person just because i have that viewpoint.

 

See,this is the problem though i and[more relavantly] many other people in America itself don't understand what people like Hiltz mean when they say things like that,[and it doesn't seem like we're meant to understand] when you ask or even try question it,your automatically branded as a transphobe or a bigot[which of course is even more insuffurable when the person telling you this isn't even trans]and told that your now just supposed to accept that this is how that person feels and no other explanation is needed at all.Then There have been people in Canada[i don't know about America] who have lost their kids because they didn't want to use they/them, for them when the kid ''came out'' or have been fired because they didn't use the prounouns at work,i just don't think that's how things should be,in democratic societys and i don't think that conversation should be shutdown with ''Bigot'' or ''transphobe''[obviously you haven't been doing that to Josh or me here,but that's what other people do when they hear criticism for this] or even ''Homophobe'' when people question actions from people of that community[I'm gay,and i must say,i have zero in common with western gays and the fact that gays here want to mirror them horrifies me]Ok,this time for real that's it,i just wanted to respond to YOU saying you don't know what hiltz means.

Edited March 3 by Biathlonfan

[dullard 699]

4 hours ago, Monzanator said:

So apparently Klaver run the fastest leg despite a standing start

Bol looked like she didn't get out of first gear anchoring that relay. 

[Biathlonfan 625]

1 minute ago, dullard said:

Bol looked like she didn't get out of first gear anchoring that relay. 

that's because she didn't,lol

[dullard 699]

2 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

Is Devynne Charlton DSD? She looks more like a man than many of the men. 

Probably just a butch lesbian. Not being girly doesn't make someone DSD.

[Grassmarket 3,403]

8 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

That phrasing is a commonly accepted way of describing people's birth gender in the United States.

Just because lots of people suffer a delusion doesn't make the delusion real.  

Edited March 4 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 15,135]

Oh nice, a whole back and forth about a person who prefers to be called 'they' instead of 'her'. Even the 'what is a lock?' discussion was more useful  

[NearPup 3,045]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh nice, a whole back and forth about a person who prefers to be called 'they' instead of 'her'. Even the 'what is a lock?' discussion was more useful  

I'm increasingly tempted to change the gender markers on my passports to an X purely to annoy certain people xD

[Biathlonfan 625]

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh nice, a whole back and forth about a person who prefers to be called 'they' instead of 'her'. Even the 'what is a lock?' discussion was more useful  

agree to disagree,i thought this was way more productive

[maestro 650]

16 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 Taylor might want to run for president one day, plenty of Charisma....

 

Sorry.

Definitely plenty of charisma in athletics, as she pulled off a rather unique 60m hurdles / triple jump double on the same day, finishing 6th in both.