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DoomsdaysCW<p>Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziGermany</span></a></p><p>The forgotten Olympic history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthletes</span></a>.</p><p>by Alex Abad-Santos<br>Updated Aug 1, 2024</p><p>Excerpt: "Outside of the [Olympic] Games, trans people face so much backlash, often for simply existing. The conversation around sports is particularly fraught, from children’s athletics right up through the pros. Despite the International Olympic Committee vowing to be more inclusive, the future for trans athletes is unclear.</p><p>"It all raises the question: How did we get to this point, and did it always have to be this way?</p><p>"The answers found in historian and journalist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MichaelWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelWaters</span></a>’s The Other Olympians: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Queerness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queerness</span></a>, and the Making of Modern Sports might be surprising. Waters’s book traces the emergence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zden%C4%9BkKoubek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZdeněkKoubek</span></a>, a track and field star representing the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia who, at 21, won two medals — a gold in the 800m and a bronze in the long jump — at the 1934 Women’s World Games. (The Women’s World Games was the precursor to women competing at the Olympics). In 1935, Koubek announced that he would be living life as a man and swiftly became an international celebrity.</p><p>"Perhaps the most intriguing facet to Koubek’s story was in the public response. Koubek was more welcomed and celebrated than we might imagine. There was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s.</p><p>"Waters also pinpoints where and when that changed, specifically at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/1936Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1936Olympics</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Germany. Armed with a propensity for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderAnxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAnxiety</span></a>, and a startling lack of scientific evidence, a small set of Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderSurveillance</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPanic</span></a> — stuff that eerily mirrors the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transphobic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobic</span></a> attacks that athletes, cis and trans alike, face today."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/culture/364032/trans-a</span><span class="invisible">thletes-olympics-2024?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SexTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexTesting</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
smeg<p>Cops burst into women's restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/cops-burst-into-womens-restroom-to-remove-butch-lesbian-accusing-her-of-being-a-man/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/cops-b</span><span class="invisible">urst-into-womens-restroom-to-remove-butch-lesbian-accusing-her-of-being-a-man/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/transpanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transpanic</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/transrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transrights</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/badcops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badcops</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/badcopnodonut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badcopnodonut</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/bathroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bathroom</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/bathrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bathrooms</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> and his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hatemongering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hatemongering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slammed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slammed</span></a> for ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TransPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPanic</span></a>’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a>: ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamala</span></a> is for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/they" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>they</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/them" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>them</span></a>’ </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advert</span></a> was posted on Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> channels on Friday (20 September), repeating his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claims</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> supports <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/taxpayerfunded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayerfunded</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genderaffirmingcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genderaffirmingcare</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisoners</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>undocumented</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/26/trump-campaign-slammed-for-trans-panic-harris-ad-kamala-is-for-they-them/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepinknews.com/2024/09/26/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-campaign-slammed-for-trans-panic-harris-ad-kamala-is-for-they-them/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:Texas, Anti-Trans legal defenses,
David August ❌👑<p>One of the battlegrounds of war is us, and our social media. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Algeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algeria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>olympics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TransPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPanic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InformationWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sports</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a></p>
Kagan MacTane (he/him)<p>A little good news for queer people: Michigan has become the 20th US state to officially bar people from using "trans panic" defenses in court. 20 where the law says that no, it's not okay to assault or murder someone because of their sexual orientation or their gender identity.</p><p>It should be 50, of course. But this is a good step. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/michigan-gay-trans-panic-defense-ban-whitmer-rcna163687" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/m</span><span class="invisible">ichigan-gay-trans-panic-defense-ban-whitmer-rcna163687</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TransPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPanic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/GayPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayPanic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/QueerLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerLivesMatter</span></a></p>
David Ano<p>The <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> Senate passed a bill banning the <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/GayPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GayPanic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/TransPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransPanic</span></a> defense in court. Rep Laurie Pohutsky introduced HB4718, saying, "I was a young queer person when Matt Shepard was murdered, &amp; it was the first time, although I was not out yet, that I realized, 'Oh, this could be very dangerous for me." The bill now goes to the Governor for her signature.</p><p><a href="https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2024-06-21/michigan-senate-passes-bill-to-ban-gay-panic-defense" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michiganpublic.org/politics-go</span><span class="invisible">vernment/2024-06-21/michigan-senate-passes-bill-to-ban-gay-panic-defense</span></a></p><p><a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/mileg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mileg</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/LGBTQrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQrights</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>