There's literally no escape. Got a work email for pride month re "LGBTQ+ & Sport" - by a gay man. Snippets include:
- "Trans people in general have an incredibly tough time in sport - e.g. trans women not being allowed to play in women's teams" - OFC trans women are the ones specified
- "Trans women are banned by World Rugby from elite games" - not sure why that could POSSIBLY be???
I don't know what's worse, that the majority involved in this agree with the endangerment of female athletes and erasure of women's sport, or the majority don't, but not one person could speak up for fear of upsetting the minority and being branded transphobic at work.
Also he talks of elite sport needing better 'gender representation', which I don't get. Does he mean transgender? As I thought trans women were women so they're not a third gender, they are women (apparently). If not, please don't tell me he's talking about 'non-binary' or 'demigender'. This is rude but, I think you'll find it an impossible task to find elite sportspeople who identify outside of the gender binary. They are far too talented with too much else to do than worry about pronouns.