r/facepalm Aug 12 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ US women’s rugby player takes a bad angle selfie and idiots assume she’s trans

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u/chubby_teddy Aug 12 '24

Honestly I didn't think terfs would be openly attacking cis women this early. The Olympics really took the mask off

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u/chatte_epicee Aug 12 '24

this isn't new. It's already happened to high school athletes in the US, even as high as state legislators amplifying it and causing girls to have to go into hiding because of the harassment it brings.

Transvestigation isn't new, it's just hit national news because of the olympics.

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u/chubby_teddy Aug 13 '24

An excellent point, well made