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Kathleen Taylor's avatar

Maybe the strongest American MALE swimmer should put on a girl's swimsuit and challenge "Lia" Thomas in his/"her" next race. Someone has to beat "Lia" at his/"her" own scam.

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carolyn kostopoulos's avatar

what's beyond frustrating is that women could put a stop to this in about 10 seconds by refusing to compete. it helps no one when they swim (or bike, run, whatever) against a man in a dress and then smile (forced) in photos with him, displaying their 2nd and 3rd place consolation prizes.

sit out the match, ladies. say to your coach "i thought this was women's sports and HE is not a woman." stop tolerating them in your locker rooms, showers and toilets. what would you do if an actual man dressed as an actual man walked into your shower? you'd start screaming, call the police and film him on your cell phone. why should you react any differently simply because he claims his name is Lia and wears his hair long? act like you would if a potential rapist or pervert invaded your space.

would you agree to compete in a swimming match with an actual rapist? no? then why compete with a potential one. and stop calling him Lia or Mary or whatever he says his name is on any given day. call him William. are you worried about hurting his feelings? he doesn't give a flying fuck about hurting yours. man up and give his a taste of his own medicine.

what's the worst the could happen? you'll be branded a TERF and a transphobe. maybe you'll lose your scholarship. he will certainly win but since he's swimming in an empty pool against himself, his victory will be hollow. he'll stand on the winner's platform alone.

at a certain point in the near future, such protests like "misgendering" and "dead naming" may be crimes punishable by jail time. take the hit now and help prevent this from ever happening.

STOP COMPETING. we're always told that NO MEANS NO so why say yes to this insanity? why go along with it? say NO, drop out, refuse to participate.

then it's over real quick.

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