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[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

TBF I have been following similar discussions a lot, and a lot of them say this exactly. That the two categories are open and female. So perhaps this isn't the gotcha you think it is.

A better example is chess: How can one demand segregation in chess without being sexist about intelligence? Press button hard choice meme for TERFs. The female league in chess exists due to social factors hindering women. So even in this case, trans / gender diverse people belong to the protected category, as they also belong in the protected bathrooms.

Apart from that, I don't see how going with the birth certificate targets TW disproportionately?

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not a gotcha at all. It shows that it is a reasonable rule if the premises behind it are true.

The fact that state, local, or district lawmakers write laws that don't do that shows that their motivations are not fairness, but transphobia alone.