#transvestigators

[animentality]

[victusinveritas]

[autisticexpression2]

This bullshit around Imane Khelif has to be the biggest mass delusion I've seen from the right, and that's really saying something.

Transvestigators are nothing new. People have been calling Michelle Obama a man for years. But it has mostly been a niche thing not even taken seriously by most republicans.

Qanon is unhinged but mostly deals with that which is unknown to the average person, leaving room for speculation, however wild.

But Imane Khelif's gender is a straightforward issue. She is objectively a cis woman. This isn't at all debatable by any sane standard. There is absolutely no reason to believe otherwise. She is a cis woman from a conservative Muslim country where any expression of queerness is illegal. There is no way a transgender or otherwise queer person would be selected to represent Algeria. There are even photographs of her as a little girl if you're still not convinced.

But the right has arbitrarily decided that she's a man based on absolutely nothing, and suddenly, the question of whether or not this WOMAN has a penis, an objective true or false question, has become a culture war issue. So now it doesn't matter what PROOF you bring up. Saying this woman is a woman is woke now, so they have to disagree on principle against all evidence and logic. People who have been screaming about precise biological definitions of gender for years now have decided someone's gender based on vibes alone because irony is fucking dead.

And it's not just a niche view held by the more unhinged online sections of the right. Celebrities like Elon Musk, JK Rowling, and Logan Paul are tweeting it. Politicians are tweeting it. Babylon Bee is publishing "satirical" pieces about how abusing women is now an Olympic sport.

We are living in the absolute stupidest timeline.

[roachhawthorne]

TERFs are inherently racist

(disclaimer: i have never experienced racism, so if i get anything wrong please tell me)

terfs believe that trans people, specifically women, are always able to be clocked as trans based on their features. Most of the features they claim make trans people easy to spot are things like broad shoulders, thick eyebrows, a large nose, and a deeper voice.

This enforces Eurocentric beauty standards, and by saying that, all women who have features like that are transgender, is ignoring the women who do not have Eurocentric features, i.e. women of colour.

for example, Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer, was "transvestigated" by jk Rowling and Elon Musk after winning a boxing match against Angela Carini. because of this genetic testing is now required, and her name was specifically brought up in those conversations

[r2x2]

JK Rowling has pissed off Taiwan by going after one of their Olympic athletes (who isn't even transgender)

[bluesky-out-of-context]

[le-panda-chocovore]

On vit quand même dans un pays où être trans (accusations infondées et fausses en plus) est un plus grand scandale qu'être pédophile/éphebophile ptdr quelle vie

[i-eat-asphalt]

I really hate it when people transvestigate others. Especially dead people. Like what difference does it make if some dude from 30 years ago was actually a trans woman? Who cares?

Specifically kurt cobain. I know for a fact if he was trans he would've just transitioned. He would not have given a fuck if people got pissed about it. In fact he would've wanted to make people mad about it

He even said "I'm not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off the homophobes" so surely the same would've gone for being trans, no?

Also, it's plain rude. What business is it of yours if someone else is actually trans?

Let people exist, it doesn't affect you.