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A group of 16 American women have launched a landmark legal case against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) over the participation of transgender athletes in their sports, with their lawyer stating that the organisation has “institutionalised cheating and discrimination” against them.
With a particular focus on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who claimed a NCAA women’s title in March 2022, the group has filed its 156-page claim at the United States District Court in the northern district of Atlanta, Georgia.
It was in Atlanta that the NCAA Division 1 swimming championships took place, with the fact that about 300 women shared a dressing room with Thomas - at the time with “full male genitalia” - cited in the complaint. Thomas claimed the NCAA title in the women’s 500-yard freestyle event, with two Olympic silver medal-winners - Emma Weyant and Erica Sullivan - finishing second and third.
The Olympians are not among the complainants but Bill Bock, formerly general counsel at the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the lead attorney in their cases against Lance Armstrong and Alberto Salazar, is acting for the group, which also includes female athletes from volleyball, tennis and track and field. Bock has told The Times that the “discrimination against female student athletes should disqualify the NCAA from being a sport governing body”.
It represents an unprecedented action against the organisation that oversees college sport in America, and could lead to substantial claims for damages as well as a change in NCAA rules on the participation of transgender athletes in female categories, which have been tightened since 2022. The women also want to be awarded what they consider to be their rightful placing in their respective events which, if successful, would lead to Thomas being disqualified. Central to their claim is an accusation that the NCAA has made a “radical departure from Title IX’s original meaning”, which is the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or education facility that receives government funding.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3788c67a-5d03-4e11-9117-55337d33e8af?
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Hope they win big
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To channel my inner Michael Ironside from Total Recall - “About damned time”.
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Does Twitter have a presence in Australia? I know they closed their Sydney office. I'd just close up shop and tell the eSafety Commissioner to fuck off.
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Watching with interest
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https://nationalpost.com/news/science/court-case-vaginoplasty-patient-keeping-penis
I was going to say he can go fuck himself, but won't...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Transgender debate, in sport, in general:
After Scotland's Hate Crime law comes into force (it apparently makes calling a trans woman a biological male - even in private - a potential criminal offence), JK Rowling calls 11 trans women biological males and dares the police to arrest her.
this was all over by tea time yesterday with Police Scotland confirming that no laws had been broken in the above thread, i.e. its still legal to say a transwoman is a man (i still can't believe i need to write that down in 2024).
One caveat however, we have yet to find out if the above has been recorded as a non crime hate incident (what even is that for fucks sake?). Problem with these for normal people is that they will be recorded and accessible and can be used in the future to monitor a pattern of behaviour etc. Personally i find it outrageous that the police will record these however I also think its unsustainable and will disappear in due course.
As crazy as Scotland is, I am still grateful to be living in the UK rather than Canada or Australia. Still watching Tickle vs Giggle with interest.
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I heard yesterday the Police in Scotland are actively investigating a complaint against someone for criticizing Israel's activities in Gaza on the basis it stirred up hate against Israelis living in Scotland.
Madness and/or "be careful what you wish for"
One caveat however, we have yet to find out if the above has been recorded as a non crime hate incident (what even is that for fucks sake?). Problem with these for normal people is that they will be recorded and accessible and can be used in the future to monitor a pattern of behaviour etc.
Think that's been banned in England/Wales and likely to be banned in Scotland when challenged in the Supreme Court.
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It’s genuinely staggering that JK Rowling has single handedly blown up this law and its policing in just 24 hours. The woman is a fucking machine. The TRAs are now claiming it was never going to be a crime or even an NCHI to misgender someone, and everyone knew that, except they didn’t, the government and the police have both refused to confirm this before this week. The Scottish government actively refused to accept an amendment that would protect women’s rights to say it on the behest of the trans lobby.
JK Rowling by stating loud and proud that trans women are men, by challenging the state to arrest her, by highlighting how farcical the whole thing is, by drawing global attention to it, by offering to repeat any other woman’s claim who gets investigated for similar has single handedly cut it off at the knees. Outside of Martin Johnson and Jonny, I don’t really do hero worship but fuck me she’s amazing.
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Transgender debate, in sport, in general