Popular Post Woody Posted June 19 Popular Post Share Posted June 19 Nice. Other governing bodies should do the same, especially in combat sports. The global governing body for swimming, FINA, voted Sunday to adopt a new policy prohibiting most biological men from competing in elite women's competitions. The agency said it will also look into creating an "open category" to allow athletes to compete "without regard to their sex, their legal gender, or their gender identity." The FINA World Congress heard speeches from athletes, medical professionals and human rights authorities before voting in favor of the new policy by 71.5%. The governing body's decision will end the Olympic hopes of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who broke multiple women's swim records as a University of Pennsylvania student athlete. "Because of the performance gap that emerges at puberty between biological males as a group and biological females as a group, separate sex competition is necessary..." FINA wrote in its newly adopted policy. "Without eligibility standards based on biological sex or sex-linked traits, we are very unlikely to see biological females in finals, on podiums, or in championship positions; and in sports and events involving collisions and projectiles, biological female athletes would be at greater risk of injury," the agency stated. FINA, which the International Olympic Committee recognizes for administrating aquatic competitions, will now require biological men who wish to compete as women to "have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later." Female-to-male transgender athletes are able to compete as men in FINA competitions and are also able to compete as women and set women's records so long as they are not using certain hormones. "We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions," FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said in a press release. "FINA will always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level. This has not been done before, so FINA will need to lead the way. I want all athletes to feel included in being able to develop ideas during this process," he added. Thomas told "Good Morning America" in May about plans to continue competing in order to make it to the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials. "It's been a goal of mine to swim at Olympic trials for a very long time, and I would love to see that through," Thomas said at the time. FINA's decision was celebrated by athletes online. Transgender Olympian Caitlyn Jenner tweeted: "It worked! I took a lot of heat - but what’s fair is fair! If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females. Period." Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies posted: "I can’t tell you how proud I am of my sport @fina & @fina_president for doing the science, asking the athletes/coaches and standing up for fair sport for females. Swimming will always welcome everyone no matter how you identify but fairness is the cornerstone of sport." LINK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Come on, IC. I know you’re lurking. Your team needs you to step up to the plate. 1 Quote Ed Oliver is my adopt-a-Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipKat Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Thank friggin' GOD, some common sense finally shows up Quote “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind, never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Twitter: @HKTheResistance HipKat, on *** other h***, is genuine, unapoli***tically nasty, and w**** his hea** on his ******. jc856 I’ll just forward them to Bridgett. comssvet11 Seek help. soflabillsfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SackMan518 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 10 hours ago, Nuke said: Come on, IC. I know you’re lurking. Your team needs you to step up to the plate. 1 Quote Sack "The Buffalo Range's TRUSTED News Source!" “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” ~ Dresden James Parler @NYexile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanBack Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 hours ago, HipKat said: Thank friggin' GOD, some common sense finally shows up Well, not totally. This will embolden our school systems to push prepubescent hormone therapy. That's the only way that a person can have the full enjoyment of their preferred gender. This is just like when it was exposed that cow farts are worse then car emissions. The lefties wanted to shut down the beef and petroleum industries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Very Wide Right Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 4 hours ago, HipKat said: Thank friggin' GOD, some common sense finally shows up Wait, I thought you were on the side of the insane left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichJ Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Freaks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 10 hours ago, SackMan518 said: Did you see his photo over to zone? Because, you’re not far off. 1 Quote Ed Oliver is my adopt-a-Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SackMan518 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 13 minutes ago, Nuke said: Did you see his photo over to zone? Because, you’re not far off. Can't say that I did because I wasn't super active there. Quote Sack "The Buffalo Range's TRUSTED News Source!" “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” ~ Dresden James Parler @NYexile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebowflexbody Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 MEN ARE NOT WOMEN. SO SORRY. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipKat Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 13 hours ago, Very Wide Right said: Wait, I thought you were on the side of the insane left. Pick a topic where I supported anything on the "insane left". Quote “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind, never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Twitter: @HKTheResistance HipKat, on *** other h***, is genuine, unapoli***tically nasty, and w**** his hea** on his ******. jc856 I’ll just forward them to Bridgett. comssvet11 Seek help. soflabillsfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipKat Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 13 hours ago, RichJ said: Freaks! Which one is you Rich, the one on the right or in the middle or are you the little shit with the orange scarf?? 1 Quote “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind, never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Twitter: @HKTheResistance HipKat, on *** other h***, is genuine, unapoli***tically nasty, and w**** his hea** on his ******. jc856 I’ll just forward them to Bridgett. comssvet11 Seek help. soflabillsfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikedLemonade Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 I blame this guy for starting all this... Quote Do Your Part to Improve The Range -- Please put the TRIO OF TRUMP FLUFFERSTM on IGNORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikedLemonade Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 7 hours ago, Nuke said: Did you see his photo over to zone? Because, you’re not far off. NOT enough to chase the guy off over issues that I can't imagine how they could directly impact your own life directly in any way but now that he is gone you still need to take shots at him. ASSHOLE Quote Do Your Part to Improve The Range -- Please put the TRIO OF TRUMP FLUFFERSTM on IGNORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RichJ Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 10 hours ago, HipKat said: Which one is you Rich, the one on the right or in the middle or are you the little shit with the orange scarf?? are you butthurt about someting I said in another thread? You smack like a 5 yr. old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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