Month: June 2022

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FINA Finds The Courage To Save Women’s Swimming

No major sport has had officials brave enough to tackle the divisive issue of transgender participation — until now.

Swimming's world governing body (FINA) has voted to effectively ban transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races.

The new policy requires transgender competitors to have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to be able to compete in women's competitions.

A statement from FINA said that male-to-female transgender athletes will be eligible to compete only if "they can establish to FINA's comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later".

[Source:  SkyNews]
Nearly 72% voted for the ban!

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Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division 1 history

FINA will explore creating an Open Category for Transwomen (biological males). 

Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ athletic advocacy group, responded to the announcement and said the eligibility criteria is "discriminatory".

They posted on Twitter: "[It] is discriminatory, harmful, unscientific and not in line with the 2021 IOC principles. If we truly want to protect women's sports, we must include all women."

[Source: SkyNews]

Finally, some sanity on behalf of women competitive swimmers. Hopefully other sports will find the courage too. Australian Rules Football, your turn!

Hannah Mouncey, who transitioned at age 26, is 6ft 2 in and weighs 220lb. Mouncey is a biological male but participates in a female Australian Rules Football league and pulverizes female players on the field. A picture is worth more than words.

Hannah Mouncey, playing at VFLW level, says she is planning legal action against the AFL in order to play local footy in Canberra. (AAP Image/James Ross)
Hannah Mouncey, playing at VFLW level, says she is planning legal action against the AFL in order to play local footy in Canberra. (AAP Image/James Ross)Source: News Corp Australia

Is this fair? Or is there an intrinsic injustice of pitting one sort of sexed body against another very different sort?

I’m with the real girls on this one. And against the body deniers among us.

The Body Deniers Among Us

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Canadian Govt Briefed On Shortcomings of “Gender-Affirming” Model

A joint briefing submitted to the Canadian Government’s “Committee on Children’s Health” on behalf of:

Gender Dysphoria Alliance, LGB Alliance Canada, Vancouver Lesbian Collective, Genspect and Canadian Gender Report

It will take 10 minutes of your time to read. Good summary of our current dilemma and recent developments around the world. Hint: the world is pulling back, US and Canada are pushing forward.

Briefing to the Federal Standing Committee on Children’s Health

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Love Cannot Affirm Confusion, But It Can Embrace

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Chloe, Detransitioner “Cautionary Tale”

The numbers, and those willing to go public, are growing.

Courtesy of Chloe Cole

“I was failed by the system. I literally lost organs.”

When Chloe was 12 years old, she decided she was transgender. At 13, she came out to her parents. That same year, she was put on puberty blockers and prescribed testosterone. At 15, she underwent a double mastectomy. Less than a year later, she realized she’d made a mistake — all by the time she was 16 years old.

Now 17, Chloe is one of a growing cohort called “detransitioners” — those who seek to reverse a gender transition, often after realizing they actually do identify with their biological sex. Tragically, many will struggle for the rest of their lives with the irreversible medical consequences of a decision they made as minors.

.....when she joined Instagram at 11. “I started being exposed to a lot of LGBT content and activism,” she said. “I saw how trans people online got an overwhelming amount of support, and the amount of praise they were getting really spoke to me because, at the time, I didn’t really have a lot of friends of my own.”

“I can’t stay quiet,” said Chloe. “I need to do something about this and to share my own cautionary tale.”

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Detransitioner TullipR points out that the Reddit online community of Detransitioners now sits at 32.2k and growing rapidly. I suspect this is just the beginning.

What are we doing to our young people?

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As a Classic Christian I encourage everyone to “Embrace, Don’t Affirm.”

Individuals with a Gender Identity Disorder (Gender-Dysphoria) need Truth-filled Love. Please read this post for more details.

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