Why WA voters rebuffed Dems on I-638, even in blue wave election
www.seattletimes.com
As a blue wave washed across the U.S., Washington voters passed an initiative that the state’s Democratic Party opposed. There are multiple ways to understand why.

Opponents say [Washington state] voters were persuaded at least partly because the initiative and its boosters exploited deep-seated prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender people to erode their rights.

  • fipto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago
    • there are some immutable biological differences between males and females. weight/height classes and hormones/blockers don’t make these differences go away.
    • women and girls get fewer opportunities to succeed in sports, and letting a male take a spot from a female athlete is a form of bigotry and male supremacy.
    • just let women and girls have something for ourselves for once? males want to get in all our spaces and don’t know how to take “no” for an answer
      • fipto@lemmy.world
        62·
        2 days ago

        What would you have to see to convince you that there are immutable biological differences between males and females? would an example change your mind?

        Please don’t assume what I think, where I live, or my education level. (??? why ??)

        And please don’t be rude. I’ve been on lemmy for years, and Feminism did not start on reddit and 4chan, LOL.

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
          28·
          2 days ago

          What would you have to see to convince you that there are immutable biological differences between males and females?

          The struggle you’re having is that you don’t seem to realize that trans women are biologically female.

        • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          46·
          2 days ago

          What would you have to see to convince you that there are immutable biological differences between males and females? would an example change your mind?

          Scientific studies that explicitly show that AMABs on HRT have some type of advantage over cis AFAB. They don’t exist in peer reviewed journals, but maybe I’m wrong. Go ahead. Find one. Two of the papers I linked are meta analyses.

          Please don’t assume what I think, where I live, or my education level. (??? why ??)

          I know what you think, because your moderation history and comment history are public on activitypub federated servers, and by god do you post a lot of bigoted bullshit to push your far-right nazi-inspired agenda. Seriously, you people, and I use that term loosely, need to be forcibly reeducated before you’re allowed to be out in public.

          And please don’t be rude. I’ve been on lemmy for years, and Feminism did not start on reddit and 4chan, LOL.

          Feminism did not. Trans-exclusionary Radical Feminism did. Because chipping away at the LGBT+ alliance fits the nazi agenda and it’s easier to start with the ‘weaker’ ones.

          Trans people are why gay rights exist in the west. One would do well to remember that, if you want to claim to be a part of the “LGB.”