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DoomsdaysCW

Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in #NaziGermany

The forgotten Olympic history of #TransAthletes.

by Alex Abad-Santos
Updated Aug 1, 2024

Excerpt: "Outside of the [Olympic] Games, trans people face so much backlash, often for simply existing. The conversation around sports is particularly fraught, from children’s athletics right up through the pros. Despite the International Olympic Committee vowing to be more inclusive, the future for trans athletes is unclear.

"It all raises the question: How did we get to this point, and did it always have to be this way?

"The answers found in historian and journalist #MichaelWaters’s The Other Olympians: #Fascism, #Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports might be surprising. Waters’s book traces the emergence of #ZdeněkKoubek, a track and field star representing the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia who, at 21, won two medals — a gold in the 800m and a bronze in the long jump — at the 1934 Women’s World Games. (The Women’s World Games was the precursor to women competing at the Olympics). In 1935, Koubek announced that he would be living life as a man and swiftly became an international celebrity.

"Perhaps the most intriguing facet to Koubek’s story was in the public response. Koubek was more welcomed and celebrated than we might imagine. There was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s.

"Waters also pinpoints where and when that changed, specifically at the #1936Olympics in #Nazi Germany. Armed with a propensity for #eugenics, #GenderAnxiety, and a startling lack of scientific evidence, a small set of Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee into #GenderSurveillance and #TransPanic — stuff that eerily mirrors the #transphobic attacks that athletes, cis and trans alike, face today."

Read more:
vox.com/culture/364032/trans-a
#TransgenderAthletes #SexTesting
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Vox · Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi GermanyBy Alex Abad-Santos
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Pax Ahimsa Gethen

Why the fuck are private corporations like #Paramount complying with #Trump 's #transphobic and anti- #DEI #ExecutiveOrders?

The only reason I'm subscribed to Paramount+ is to watch Star Trek. I already canceled Disney+ (last year, for unrelated reasons) and, as much as it pains me as a Trekkie completist, this subscription might have to go next.

nbcnews.com/business/business-

NBC News · Paramount ends DEI policies, cites Trump executive orderBy Russell Leung, CNBC
#USPol
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Eric Vitiello

Public comment period is open to speak your voice against the ridiculous executive order demanding changing gender to sex, and defining it as only male or female on passports

You know what to do!

federalregister.gov/documents/

www.federalregister.govFederal Register :: Request Access
#DumpTruckAdministration#ExecutiveOrder#Activism
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Madame Aronow

Hey, hi, hello!

Just a quick reminder that I have many #trans mutuals and followers and that I will *aggressively* work to ensure my posts (and their accompanying threads) are a safe place for them.

So if you roll up to my virtual house with with #transphobic nonsense, I will block you and report you to your server. And if you decide to come back under another account, we'll move on to public shaming.

DO NOT come for my friends because I do not play nice.

And a very good morning to everyone else :blobfoxheartcute:

#transrightsarehumanrights
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 #US #adolescents receive #GenderAffirmingCare— #pubertyblockers or #HRT — according to #researchers.

Over a recent five-year period, fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commercial insurance accessed these treatments. Meanwhile, at least 26 states have adopted #transphobic #laws restricting #medicalcare for #TransYouth.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #GenderAffirmingCare #PubertyBlockers #HRT

apnews.com/article/transgender

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