Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda Why the fuck is darts even gender segregated in the first place? Probably only because men can't stand to lose to women.
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda darts... maybe they think are an eufemism for HRT
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda Soon: transwomen banned from woman's speed cubing
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@thomholwerda and chess.
That great bastion of physical prowess. Chess.
@quixoticgeek @thomholwerda why is there even a womens league in chess? Honest question
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@quixoticgeek @thomholwerda why is there even a womens league in chess? Honest question
@bithive @thomholwerda cos men don't wanna be beaten by a girl.
No really.
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@bit @simon_lucy @thomholwerda Probably for the same reason there's a women category in chess: in a game that is very dominated by men, having a women only category helps bring women to the game by giving them a space. Women players can play in the women or the general category, I assume it's the same with darts.
@brunogirin @simon_lucy @thomholwerda I see now, that makes sense.
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda
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@thomholwerda Wait. Does this mean I've been playing darts wrong since I could hold a dart?
Am I supposed to use my uterus to wield and throw the dart?? And if I don't have a uterus I can't play darts competitively?
What if I had a hysterectomy - am I no longer able to throw a dart?
Jeebus, this is just the stupidest TERF-y bullshit. The contortions of logic they use to prevent a small number of humans from participating fully is utter nonsense.
Husband: I thought we were going to play darts so you could practice before your women's dart match.
Me: Yeah, I'm ready when you are.
Husband: Uh... that technique is, um, new to me. Doesn't it hurt? *eyeing my crotch*
Me: Yeah, it hurts like a mothertrucker but apparently competitive women's darts requires a vagina and uterus to participate.
Husband: Does that mean I have to throw with my penis for men's darts? How would I grip a dart if I'm cut? *winces*
Me: You got me. *kegels to throw*
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda Serious question: there are gendered darts leagues? (Why?)
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
@thomholwerda It all comes back to Janice Raymond - they won't stop till trans people don't exist and there is no possibility of anyone ever being able to Transition ever again. The cornerstone of being a terf is being wedded to a goal that is literally a final solution.
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@craigjarrettuk@mastodon.social wait, you're serious? Let me block you real quick
@kgMadee2 the slop images he posts omg. Nothing is value is lost.
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@thomholwerda It all comes back to Janice Raymond - they won't stop till trans people don't exist and there is no possibility of anyone ever being able to Transition ever again. The cornerstone of being a terf is being wedded to a goal that is literally a final solution.
These people cannot win. They physically cannot. People cannot mandate my medical condition out of existence just because it offends their snowflake sensitivities
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@thomholwerda Also, chess, park runs, darts, snooker/pool (don’t @ me about the difference - I don’t care).
Meanwhile even CIS women were banned from that Olympic shooting sport after a woman won the mixed event.
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@bithive @thomholwerda cos men don't wanna be beaten by a girl.
No really.
@quixoticgeek
@bithive @thomholwerda
It was very interesting to me knowing the women's grandmaster chess champion is also a theoretical physicist
Where Magnus is just a chess grand master
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@thomholwerda Why the fuck is darts even gender segregated in the first place? Probably only because men can't stand to lose to women.
@LordCaramac @thomholwerda nailed it
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda this would be the perfect opportunity for David Mitchell to weigh in on the side of trans women but also a great opportunity for him to ruin his legacy utterly in my eyes by going to the terf side so I am terrified of him making any comment whatsoever.
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@quixoticgeek
@bithive @thomholwerda
It was very interesting to me knowing the women's grandmaster chess champion is also a theoretical physicist
Where Magnus is just a chess grand master
Also unfortunate that I can't remember her name.@nagaram @bithive @thomholwerda Judith Polgár?
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Look, banning trans women from sports is total bullshit, but at the very least you can see why hundreds of years of propaganda and misogyny in sports would make people assume trans women have an unfair advantage. It's bullshit of course, but at least I can follow that flawed logic.
But darts? Motherfucking darts? You're throwing objects weighing 12-32 g (depending on preference) at a board designed specifically to be penetrated by darts. Fucking children play this game.
If you ever needed proof this was never about protecting women, just think of how these nazis are banning trans women from darts.
DARTS.
@thomholwerda it's also happened in chess, btw. Go figure.
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Trans women have been banned from women's darts.
Darts.
The ban is based on some English woman's "study". The woman in question is a known TERF.
Again, let me reiterate: darts.
Darts.
All TERFs are fascists.
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She is not excluded from competing against cis-men (and others) in open events.
Transgender darts pro says she 'just got retired' by governing body's policy change
A transgender darts player says she’s “not done fighting” after the sport’s governing body enacted rules barring transgender women from women’s tournaments.
AP News (apnews.com)
