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TERFs taking their gloves off for Imane Khelif (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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To clarify, the pictured poster Caroline Kwan is an ally, not a TERF. The TERFs referred to in the title are the ones ‘protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is’

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Phelp's unfair genetic advantage is no different! His mutation gives him advantages at pretty much all endurance sports, not just swimming, and that's unfair. That's a problem for anyone that wanted to go up against him. You can't handwave this.

The Olympics is actually just a competition for which country has the most athletic mutants.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

The Olympics is actually just a competition for which country has the most athletic mutants.

I’m going to hold onto that one to use later!