@JimBUWDawg So here's the deal, Jim.
It was utterly heartbreaking to listen to a woman who had no idea even 5 months ago what the trans movement was.
Her focus was on her daughter being on an @IvyLeague @NCAA swim team with bright hopes for a new season.
It was utterly heartbreaking to listen to a woman who had no idea even 5 months ago what the trans movement was.
Her focus was on her daughter being on an @IvyLeague @NCAA swim team with bright hopes for a new season.
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA As she looked through the early season times being posted by various swimmers, she notices some unbelievable times by someone called #LiaThomas.
She looks it up and realizes this is a man who now self-identifies as a woman an whom her daughter will now have to be competing with.
She looks it up and realizes this is a man who now self-identifies as a woman an whom her daughter will now have to be competing with.
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA She texts messages her daughter and asks: "Are you aware of this situation?"
Daughter answers: "No!! This is not fair!!"
Well... soon enough it becomes blatantly obvious.
Now, on top of the normal "race preparation" note in her athlete journal, the daughter has to write things
Daughter answers: "No!! This is not fair!!"
Well... soon enough it becomes blatantly obvious.
Now, on top of the normal "race preparation" note in her athlete journal, the daughter has to write things
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA Mental Preparation things, like:
"What IF LT is in the lane?"
"What IF I have to change next to LT in the locker room?"
"What IF I have to share podium with LT - do I shake hands? What do I say?"
"What IF another person or journalist asks me about LT?"
Myriad of extra stuff.
"What IF LT is in the lane?"
"What IF I have to change next to LT in the locker room?"
"What IF I have to share podium with LT - do I shake hands? What do I say?"
"What IF another person or journalist asks me about LT?"
Myriad of extra stuff.
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA "How do I deal with humiliation?"
"What words do I use so that the university and the league won't punish me?"
"How do I mentally block feeling violated?"
"How to block feeling like I - as a member of category "women" - somehow deserve this level of gaslighting and abuse?"
"What words do I use so that the university and the league won't punish me?"
"How do I mentally block feeling violated?"
"How to block feeling like I - as a member of category "women" - somehow deserve this level of gaslighting and abuse?"
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA Of all the parents in the stands that this mother has had the opportunity to meet, 100% disagree with the @NCAA policy.
But the university demands they say nothing or their daughters will be punished - a hostage situation.
At league champs a huge sign saying;
"8 against hate"...
But the university demands they say nothing or their daughters will be punished - a hostage situation.
At league champs a huge sign saying;
"8 against hate"...
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA The "8" refers to the 8 universities in the @IvyLeague.
Parents privately quipped:
Should be: "8 agree to discriminate"
The ideology that would see a man who stands 6'4" and takes away opportunities for the female athletes somehow represents absolute "rot in women's sports."
Parents privately quipped:
Should be: "8 agree to discriminate"
The ideology that would see a man who stands 6'4" and takes away opportunities for the female athletes somehow represents absolute "rot in women's sports."
@JimBUWDawg @IvyLeague @NCAA The NUMBER ONE most inspiring moment since this absurdity began...
At @IvyLeague Championships, when #LiaThomas was not in the 1650m race, ALL women in that race (from all the universities) held hands & quietly walked around the entire pool together before standing at start.🌹😍
At @IvyLeague Championships, when #LiaThomas was not in the 1650m race, ALL women in that race (from all the universities) held hands & quietly walked around the entire pool together before standing at start.🌹😍
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