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Members of a women’s fishing team refuse to compete alongside trans teammate (www.lgbtqnation.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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They think trans women have an unfair advantage in... fishing?

Three members of an English women’s fishing team in England are refusing to compete at the world championships due to the fact that one of their own teammates is trans.

The Shore Angling World Championships will take place in Italy in November, and the board of the sport’s governing body, the Angling Trust, has said it will not prevent trans angler Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges from applying to compete.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Women's sport is not necessarily about having a physical advantage. It can be the case that the sport is simply male dominated and then, especially when there's no physical reason, women may feel like it should be advertised to girls more. And that's what then leads them to organize women-only championships.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Exactly, which is why e-sports sometimes have women's tournaments. Genders play no role here but it's a male dominated sport