Post Olympics (September 2024) Articles and Social Media posts

[rlayt]

Male gymnast defends Simone Biles in trans athlete debate - Outsports

Gay gymnast Sam Phillips said Simone Biles would 'steal gold' medals from men in certain gymnastics events, in a retort to Riley Gaines.

www.outsports.com

Ha! some male gymnasts recognize Simone
could take medals in MAG.

 

[JaJa]

Male gymnast defends Simone Biles in trans athlete debate - Outsports

Gay gymnast Sam Phillips said Simone Biles would 'steal gold' medals from men in certain gymnastics events, in a retort to Riley Gaines.

www.outsports.com

Ha! some male gymnasts recognize Simone
could take medals in MAG.

Right. But in fairness, as a female gymnast, Simone is in a category pretty much by herself.

As far as her comments on the trans issue I thought Simone's comments were fairly moderate and she showed an attempt to find a way to deal with trans people in sports that would be fair to everyone by saying "Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! " Finding solutions to problems requires being honest and even handed and most of all thoughtful -- as opposed to shouting angry, heated , one-sided mindless one liners. Good for Simone.

 

[rlayt]

Yes but it was said to Simone that she wouldn’t have won medals against men.

It’s a much more complicated issue and the rules aren’t addressing the complexity of it. Separate categories or measurements could be used but aren’t. But Riley Gaines would find a way to be sour if she lost against a born-woman. She just wouldn’t be raking in money pandering to the prejudices and anger.

 

[JaJa]

It’s a much more complicated issue and the rules aren’t addressing the complexity of it. Separate categories or measurements could be used but aren’t.

Right. But allowing trans women to compete against Cis women is not addressing the complexity either. Simone is the first athlete I know of who has addressed it. As opposed to just shouting and taking one side or the other.