Activists accuse government of transphobia as it also plans to drop the Q from LGBTQ+

The Socialists, led by Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, included plans to limit participation in female sports to “people with a female biological sex” in a policy document decided on at the party’s congress over the weekend.

The decision to also remove Q+ from a plan to protect sexual and gender minorities from the impact of social inequality sparked fury from LGBTQ+ activists and politicians from Left-wing partners of Mr Sánchez’s minority government.

The passing of a transgender rights reform in 2023, allowing anyone to change their official sex simply by stating their wish to switch, caused a bitter rift within Spain’s ruling Left-wing forces.

Carmen Calvo, the former Socialist deputy prime minister, said at the time the reform would “destroy the powerful battery of equality legislation in our country”.

Pathetic display from so-called socialists

    • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.mlOPM
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      12 days ago

      Note I said not fully reversed.

      Are you interested in defending your statements or learning?

      Bone density in trans women actually can end up being lower than in cis women, citation

      I did, it’s clear that there could an adventage, not that there definitely will be.

      It’s a tiny fraction of the population, even less of whom are going to be athletes. Cis women are perfectly capable of having higher testosterone levels and muscle mass than trans women.

      Frankly a far bigger advantage when it comes to competing in sports is being wealthy enough to even have time/money to train for and attend these types of events on a regular basis rather than working to survive.

      Don’t put me in the opposition just because I’m trying to understand and educate myself

      Don’t get defensive then.

      Reality lies somewhere in the middle, but seems like you’re not willing to talk about the gray zone.

      The reality is that the ‘sanctity’ of sports competition is and has been a farce, excluding trans people entirely is a shit way to address whatever supposed problem there is, and the people who are interested in excluding trans people don’t give a shit about evidence anyways.