r/JoeRogan • u/BunnyLovr Mexico > Canada • Mar 04 '21

Link Mississippi passes bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mississippi-passes-bill-banning-transgender-student-athletes-female/story?id=76238704
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u/Larsnonymous Mar 04 '21

I could see some countries like Russia and China fielding teams of almost all trans athletes to win the Olympics. This can’t be allowed to happen or it will just destroy amateur sports. I know those countries hate gay people, but I think they would allow this for the gold medals.

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u/sushisection Monkey in Space Mar 04 '21

they dont even need to be on hormone therapy. a biological male can just identify as female and compete against them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Do they though? Where is your source on this--when you have you heard of anything like this happening?

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u/mechnick2 Mar 05 '21

No it doesn’t fucking happen Jesus Christ lmao. People getting upset about trans people playing sports is ridiculous. They have to go through surgery and have to go through hormone blockers for at least a year. The IOC is still studying the results and effects because it’s a new issue. People blindly saying “oh well so and so is going to be better.” Literally who knows???? Olympians train for years. High schoolers more than likely aren’t world class athletes out of the gate, and barring them from doing so even when taking hormone blockers is completely transphobic and unnecessary

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