{"id":35441,"date":"2022-05-29T12:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/?p=35441"},"modified":"2022-05-29T12:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T18:19:41","slug":"nyt-slinks-out-of-its-cave-to-have-a-meaningful-conversation-regarding-transgender-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2022\/05\/29\/nyt-slinks-out-of-its-cave-to-have-a-meaningful-conversation-regarding-transgender-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Slinks out of its Cave to Have a Meaningful Conversation Regarding Transgender Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYT decides that it’s now safe to have a real conversation on this important issue<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Even nomenclature is contentious. Descriptive phrases such as \u201cbiological woman\u201d and \u201cbiological man\u201d might be seen as central to discussing differences in performance. Many trans rights activists say such expressions are transphobic and insist biology and gender identity are largely social constructs.<\/p>\n

Some trans activists try to silence critics, whom they derisively call TERFs, which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminists. A spokeswoman for a gay rights group urged a reporter not to \u201cplatform\u201d \u2014 that is not to quote \u2014 those she said held objectionable views, including Martina Navratilova, the retired tennis legend, a champion of liberal and lesbian causes. Ms. Navratilova argues that transgender female athletes possess insurmountable biological advantages.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m a \u2018TERF\u2019 \u2014 OK, that\u2019s the way you want to go?\u201d Ms. Navratilova said in response. \u201cI played against taller women, I played against stronger women, and I beat them all. But if I faced the male equivalent of Lia in tennis, that\u2019s biology. I would have had no shot. And I would have been livid.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NYT decides that it’s now safe to have a real conversation on this important issue<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Even nomenclature is contentious. Descriptive phrases such as \u201cbiological woman\u201d and \u201cbiological man\u201d might be seen as central to discussing differences in performance. Many trans rights activists say such expressions are transphobic and insist biology and gender identity are largely social constructs.<\/p>\n

\nSome trans activists try to silence critics, whom they derisively call TERFs, which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminists. A spokeswoman for a gay rights group urged a reporter not to \u201cplatform\u201d \u2014 that is not to quote \u2014 those she said held objectionable views, including Martina Navratilova, the retired tennis legend, a champion of liberal and lesbian causes. Ms. Navratilova argues that transgender female athletes possess insurmountable biological advantages.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cSo I\u2019m a \u2018TERF\u2019 \u2014 OK, that\u2019s the way you want to go?\u201d Ms. Navratilova said in response. \u201cI played against taller women, I played against stronger women, and I beat them all. But if I faced the male equivalent of Lia in tennis, that\u2019s biology. I would have had no shot. And I would have been livid.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,17,6599,6561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-law","category-transgender","category-woke-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35442,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35441\/revisions\/35442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}