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A Massachusetts Case Study

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For more detail, read Jonathan Kay's latest at Quillette – The Damage Caused by Trans ‘Inclusion’ In Female Athletics: a Massachusetts Case Study. His conclusion:

As female athletes and their parents find their political voice, the tide is beginning to turn on this issue—even in progressive parts of the United States, such as New York City. And spectacles such as that of “a 6’ Tall, Bearded Trans Basketballer” throwing girls around like rag-dolls will only accelerate the process.

Once the ideological movement to undermine the reality of sexual dimorphism has run its course, and it’s (once again) become settled policy across the sporting world that turning “he” into “she” should not be a magic ticket into female leagues (or locker rooms), the question will become: How did we allow this to happen?

For my own part, I’m not particularly interested in laying blame on the likes of Clark—young, confused, gender dysphoric males whose actions are being encouraged by others. What’s more interesting is why people who should know better—adult politicians, educators, administrators, scientists, and doctors such as Dr. Ackerman—have lent their names and reputations to this movement. One hopes that, at least in their private thoughts, they’ve begun to understand the disastrous effect of policies that prioritize the sanctity of male delusions over female safety.

Kay is undoubtedly right in laying the blame on those adults in charge who allow this to happen, but he seems to me to be unnecessarily charitable towards Lazuli Clark, the offender here: worrying about what pronouns to use for him, and speculating about his "gender dysphoric" confusion. Couldn't the truth be more prosaic? – the guy's just a sociopath, and too many sporting bodies in thrall to trans ideology are allowing sociopaths like him to thrive, and girls to suffer as a result.

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