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Trans Woman Forced To Compete Against Men Swims Topless In Protest (gomag.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/transgender@piefed.blahaj.zone

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[–] dandelion@piefed.blahaj.zone 139 points 1 month ago (15 children)

“They confirmed that I need to wear a female swimming costume despite having to compete with the men, which ‘outs’ me as a woman who is transgender,” Coombes told the Reading Chronicle. “I explained to the person on the phone that they are not allowed to do that, and he didn’t have an answer.”

so she's a woman enough to be required to wear a women's swimsuit, but not woman enough to be allowed to swim in the women's competitions?

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, because exclusion is the point.

[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Many of the bigots would prefer elimination rather than exclusion which is why you can't "find common ground" them

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