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Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy (apnews.com)

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[–] bootleg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

And here we see yet another person screeching like a banshee over a Lemmy thread

"People get angry when I spread rhetoric that kills children, and that makes me sad :(" Quit whining dickhead.

Trans children are 4x more likely to commit suicide. Okay, well do you think that’s simply because of there not being gender affirming care available? Or do you think its because of the actual transphobia perpetuated in our media and society that you accuse me of?

Do you not know how to read? How many more times do I need to share this statistic with you?:

I support trans people and their plight for acceptance in this world but this rhetoric and ideology is not how you do it

The extent of my ideology I have shared in this comment thread is wanting children to not have to go through mental torment because some person somewhere doesn't like the idea of them thinking for themselves. You know nothing more about what my ideas are. Period.

Edit: Just saw your statement about me using the word likely. Likely doesn't mean 100%. Here's a definition of that word for you: