BlitztheDragon 
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Ah yes, the Christian nationalist (Meanlucario before you say anything I am NOT talking about you) is here to explain biology to us.
Puberty blockers and HRT goes beyond "some hormone injections." I've seen for myself what they can do, what with the trans people in my life. Yes, all other things being equal, an assigned male at birth who hasn't been on puberty blockers from childhood and hasn't gone through HRT will have an advantage in upper body strength, all other things being equal.
But Commune came with the studies emerging on the subject matter. The advantages trans women have over cis women are inconclusive and difficult to measure.
Anyone making a fuss out of this is using it as a wedge issue in bad faith as a stepping stone toward their actual goal: Driving trans people out of public life altogether. It never stops at sports bans (which is already being enforced in Florida through mandatory genital inspections on any child accused of being trans, and that alone is too disgusting to justify with "fairness to the girls"). Bathroom bans are next. Then bans on puberty blockers. Then criminal charges for parents, teachers, and others who affirm a minor's gender identity.
Oh, another side effect of elevating trans people in sports as a hot button issue despite how few trans athletes there even are? Now our kids will be conditioned to accuse their peers of being trans if they lose to them in a physical contest. We already saw that happening in the past couple years, culminating in the challenges to Imane Khelif's "authenticity."
Ah yes, the Christian nationalist (Meanlucario before you say anything I am NOT talking about you) is here to explain biology to us.
Puberty blockers and HRT goes beyond "some hormone injections." I've seen for myself what they can do, what with the trans people in my life. Yes, all other things being equal, an assigned male at birth who hasn't been on puberty blockers from childhood and hasn't gone through HRT will have an advantage in upper body strength
But Commune came with the studies emerging on the subject matter. The advantages trans women have over cis women are inconclusive and difficult to measure.
Anyone making a fuss out of this is using it as a wedge issue in bad faith as a stepping stone toward their actual goal: Driving trans people out of public life altogether. It never stops at sports bans (which is already being enforced in Florida through mandatory genital inspections on any child accused of being trans, and that alone is too disgusting to justify with "fairness to the girls"). Bathroom bans are next. Then bans on puberty blockers. Then criminal charges for parents, teachers, and others who affirm a minor's gender identity.
Oh, another side effect of elevating trans people in sports as a hot button issue despite how few trans athletes there even are? Now our kids will be conditioned to accuse their peers of being trans if they lose to them in a physical contest. We already saw that happening in the past couple years, culminating in the challenges to Imane Khelif's "authenticity."