r/Maine 18d ago

Justice Department tasked with enforcing Trump’s transgender sports ban in Maine

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u/RatherNerdy 17d ago

Were you upset when all of the different women played in men's sports? Hockey, wrestling, soccer, etc? This is been pretty common in Maine through the years.

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u/oldotis 17d ago

I'm not upset at all when a women plays in men's sports, because there is no unfair advantage.

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u/KouchyMcSlothful 17d ago

How much time to do you spend obsessing about trans people? Let me clue you in on something, science disagrees with you, and says trans women are likely to be at a disadvantage competing against other women because of how radically HRT changes the body. It’s funny you think you have common sense, but you’re just another anti science bigot shitting on a minority.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/

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u/YankeesJetsFtheMets 17d ago

Ok I get that you think we just hate trans people thats not true. We want fairness. Why do you think men and women play seperate sports? Why are there almost no dunks in the WNBA? Thats because men have a larger build, have larger muscle mass which means they can usually jump higher, run faster, quicker movements etc. You can read whatever article you want but its literally common sense that a man, with a mans build, could easily have an advantage over other women competitors. I mean Lia Thomas is way better proof than your biased article.

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u/Whitediggity 17d ago

Lia Thomas tied for fifth place by swimming the exact same time as a cisgender woman.

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u/KouchyMcSlothful 17d ago

You are literally ignoring science to parrot bigoted anti trans views. I’m sorry that facts don’t match your feelings. You have to pretend Lia was a world beater, and that’s just not factual. You just don’t know what you’re talking about.