In my experience, young children know that empathy and competing are incompatible with each other.
It's us adults, in our ignorance, who make them do it anyway & condition them to become blind to the hypocrisy.
In my experience, young children know that empathy and competing are incompatible with each other.
It's us adults, in our ignorance, who make them do it anyway & condition them to become blind to the hypocrisy.
On the gifts we think we've given and the ones we don't know we received.
A thread on gratitude… and power.
#Hierarchy #Society #Meritocracy #Success #Competing #Generosity #Gratitude #ActuallyAutistic (me)
#GOP #senators get #schooled after #attacking #NCAA #chief over #trans #athletes.
#Republicans brought up the #issue during a #hearing about #sports #gambling #addiction. There are fewer than 11 #Trans #Athletes #competing in the #NCAA nationally.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
Two Major #Golf #Associations #Ban #Female #Transgender #Players.
A new #policy #prohibits #athletes who have undergone "#male #puberty" from #competing in anything but "#openevents," as #Hateful #Republicans seek to force #trans #women through an #irreversible #male #puberty.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
https://www.metroweekly.com/2024/12/two-major-golf-associations-ban-female-transgender-players/
#Sport #leagues needs to nip this in the bud, and #ban #teams that #forfeit games due to who they are #scheduled to #play, from #competing for the rest of the #season.
#Gay #Olympic #goldmedalist #EricRadford set to light the ice on fire for his ‘#DancingOnIce’ #debut.
Eric Radford has won two #WorldChampionships and three #Olympic #medals. Now he's #competing on 'Dancing On Ice.'
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Sports #TV #Representation #Culture
https://www.outsports.com/2024/11/7/24103646/eric-radford-dancing-on-ice-figure-skater-gay-olympics/
#ConvictedFelon and #Hatemonger #DonaldTrump's uses #AntiTrans #Rhetoric At #Rallies to Falsely Target #Cisgender #Olympic #Gold #Medalists.
#InternationalOlympicCommittee #spokesperson #MarkAdams said that #ImaneKhelif is not a #transgender #athlete and added every #person #competing in the #Olympics’ #women’s #competitions #complied with #eligibilityrules, noting Khelif and #LinYuTing are identified as #females on their #passports.
#Transgender #Athletes #FightBack Against #Unjust #School #Ban in #NewHampshire
Two #transgender #teens are #challenging a new #state #law that #bars them from #competing on #girls' #sports #teams at their #public #highschools.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewHampshire #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://www.transvitae.com/transgender-athletes-fight-back-against-unjust-nh-school-ban/
World beaters: #Women #athletes #ruled the #Olympics.
The #Paris #OlympicGames were the first to have an equal number of #men and #women #competing. If #American #women were their own #nation, they would have won the third most medals, behind only the #US and #China.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/world-beaters-women-athletes-ruled-olympics-rcna166149
The #Reason #Olympic #athlete #RavenSaunders wears a #mask when #competing in #games
The out 28-year-old is gunning for #gold at the 2024 #Paris #Olympics
https://www.tyla.com/news/olympics-raven-saunders-wears-mask-competing-why-145825-20240808
Exclusive: The Only #Trans #Athlete At The #Olympics Says #Algerian #Boxer Is “#Unquestionably” A #Woman.
#TeamPhilippines’ #HergieBacyadan, the only #transgender #athlete #competing at the 2024 Paris #OlympicGames, #slammed recent #reports alleging that he wanted fellow #boxers #ImaneKhelif and #LinYuTing “#banned.” On the contrary, the #Filipinoathlete #doubleddown on Imane and Lin’s “unquestionable” #femalestatus.
https://www.boredpanda.com/olympic-trans-boxer-hergie-bacyadan-supports-imane-khelif-lin-yu-ting/
#Competing for two: #Pregnant #Olympians push the #boundaries of #possibility in #Paris.
After her #fencing #event ended last week, #Egypt’s #NadaHafez shared a little bit more. She’d been #fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been #pregnant for seven months.
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-pregnant-athletes-5229fa4c5c388c8fd6f8f1cd50917cf4
These 9 #LGBTQ #coaches are #out and #coaching at the #Paris #Olympics, including #TeamUSA
While so much #attention is being paid to the #out #LGBTQ #athletes #competing at the #ParisOlympics, we shouldn’t forget the #coaches.
https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/31/24098470/olympics-coach-paris-out-lgbtq/
#Record Number Of #Openly #LGBTQ #Athletes #Competing At 2024 #Paris #Olympics.
There's been a massive leap during Paris 2024, which #organizers have #pushed to #center around #inclusion and #diversity
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #France #Paris #Entertainment #Sports #Olympics #Representation #Culture
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paris-olympics-lgbtq_n_66a77ca1e4b07ad170cff1a8
Being a #doctor became an “#expressway” for #transgender #women, like me, to be #accepted.
Meet Dr. #NonneySireerattawong, who made #headlines over 10 years ago for being a #transgender #doctor #competing in #MissTiffanyUniverse 2011, breaking #outdated #stereotypes that #transgender #women could only be #entertainers or #models.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Thailand #Bangkok #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
#Track #Star #CeCéTelfer Says She’s Trying to “#Heal” From the #Pain of #TransSports #Bans
Telfer opens up about her upcoming #memoir #MakeItCount and her #struggle to keep #competing after #WorldAthletics #Hateful #ban on trans women participating with other #women.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #TrackAndField #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
#GOP #Candidates In #WestVirginia Are #Competing to see who Is More #AntiTrans
#LGBTQ+ people comprise about 4% of the #state’s #population, but that hasn’t stopped the #Republican #gubernatorial #candidates and from pushing #antitrans #hate
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WestVirginia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
#NewYork #court #strikesdown #NassauCounty #order #banning #transgender #athletes from #competing on #girls’ #sports #teams
#Civilrights #groups lauded the #court's #ruling, saying it struck down a #harmful #policy.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
#AntiAbortion #Activists #Desperate to Keep #Abortion Off 2024 #Ballot;
#NAIA #Bars #Trans #Women From #Competing in #Woman's #Sports.
#Patriarchal #Authoritarianism is on the #rise, and #democracy is on the #decline in #America.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews