By now, you've heard, I'm sure, that Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete competing for the University of Pennsylvania, won a Division I championship in the 500 yard (Yard? What? It's supposed to be meters, right?) freestyle over Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant, representing Virginia.
Predictably, the GOPers, including a transgender celebrity in Caitlyn Jenner, are having a collective cow.
The argument, of course, is that Thomas, who, like Jenner a few years ago, transitioned from male to female, has an unfair advantage over biological female athletes. The NCAA, taking note of how inclusive society has become in recent years, gave Thomas the green light to compete.
If you have a separate division for trans athletes, then there's no argument. Simple as that.
Since Weygnt is originally from Florida, their gasbag, homophobic governor, Ron DeStupid, issued a proclamation today declaring Weyant the rightful champion. All DeStupid is doing is continuing to alienate the LGBTQ community in the Sunshine State to further his political agenda and ambitions.
In reality, the official record stands, and DeStupid is simply making whine out of sour grapes just to get a headline. Now, who does that sound like?
We live in a more accepting, inclusive society in the 21st century, but head-in-the-sand GOPers like DeStupid would rather send us in the opposite direction to a more innocent time. It's way past time the GOPers got a collective clue and joined the rest of modern society.
No comments:
Post a Comment