Sykes: "Open discussion and debate [on male-born transgender athletes' participation in competitive women’s and girls’ sports] are sorely needed."
I would suggest the following approach
The normal range of natural testosterone for men is 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) or 10 to 35 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L)
The normal range of natural testosterone for women is 15 to 70 ng/dL or 0.5 to 2.4 nmol/L
To allow their participation in competitive women’s and girls’ sports, enforce a continuous cap on trans-women's testosterone of 70 ng/dL or 2.4 nmol/L, which must be demonstrated by continuously meeting the limit for six consecutive months before the event(s)
This cap would not apply to cis-women's natural levels of testosterone
Thanks for the translation of Dugin's rant. It sounds insane to us, but this kind of thinking is now the official line in Russia. Last week, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the second highest bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church, was fired from ALL of his high-level responsibilities and named Metropolitan of Budapest, a diocese with just 10 parishes. It appears his offense was a lack of enthusiasm for the holy war rhetoric of Putin and Kirill. He never spoke against it, mind you; but his silence was perceived as too loud.
I’m a Jew and using that as a verb is absolutely antisemitic, as you say. It has no innocent etymology. The fact that people still use it doesn’t mean they don’t know what it means.
There is no comparison with employing neutral words.
All I know is that Jesus never mentioned homosexuality even once, but he did say we should treat others the way we want to be treated, so I’m going with that (two facts which I’m surprised more devout Christians haven’t picked up on).
Lia Thomas caught my attention. At the high school and college level scholarships can be involved, and biological advantage seems unfair. On the other hand, Thomas lost this week to a trans man who swims for the women’s team at Yale.
"niche voice within the Republican Party, because there are plenty of gay conservatives out there, there are plenty of lesbian conservatives out there"
See that's the problem. The Republicans are no longer conservative. They are fascists. Knuckle under or your dead.
I believe calling a spade a spade does mean “speaking plainly and honestly” .. y'know, don't call a spade a shovel or a hoe. Just call a spade a spade”
Wow. Well… couple things.Putin has no more face to save. It is NOT Europe’s job to save his face. Perhaps smoosh his face in a pie made out of the poison he used on Navalny? Id be okay w that.
As for the whole trans thing. Much like pregnancy, its complicated by the fact that each pregnancy and each trans human are different. Often dramatically different. Each situation is novel and deserves to be treated UNIQUELY. BY DOCTORS. Both pregnancy and transitioning are MEDICAL. NOT LEGAL.
I am sick to death of Republicans “playing doctor”. Checking the genitalia of athletes? Egregious Child abuse.
Should we rationally discuss the best way forward for trans kids? Yes if its to provide parents with resources and children with acceptance. We cis folk need to defend and ally of course, but we should listen a LOT before we “pronounce”. We should listen to trans people, and to parents of exploring kids
Transitioning seems deeply personal, and politics has no business in our personal decisions which do not affect anyone else.
Why is simple kindness so difficult for Republicans? Thats a genuine question in case someone wants to attempt an answer.
Honestly, in addition to the homophobia, there is a lot in the Texas GOP platform to be legitimately worried about. It is literally trying to take us back to pre-civil war era politics. I think when the economy gets better and inflation isn’t top of mind the GOP will pay a huge cost for its radical views…a shame it can’t be sooner though.
I'm just here to find out why all the people who told me to shut up and pay my debnts on the student loan matter are outraged that gas is more expensive. I mean, gotta maintain those bank profits, right? But gas? Come on man, just let Russia sell again, please?
There's something a little quaint about citing opinion polls when democracy itself is arguably teetering the the brink of collapse. Who cares what the general public thinks if policy can be commandeered by a vanguard of violent insurrectionists and revolutionaries whom the public is too apathetic or demoralized to oppose in practice? The whole point of the attempted coup was that the country should be at the disposal of (and will obediently follow) whoever has the single minded ruthlessness to seize it.
"[H]omosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.” As though we needed any more proof of Republican hypocrisy--or of the clear and present danger Republicans pose. Republicans are all in for freedom except when it conflicts with their prejudices. Then they become the lifestyle judges, juries, and executioners. This is what comes after their rejection of the rule of law.
I think Tom Nichols laid it out in his newsletter over at the Atlantic. As I remember, once Ukraine did not fold, it was going to be a brutal stalemate that will last as long as Putin wants it too.
of course he is a better writer than I am but I think that about sums it up, in a crude sort of way.
So. Does that Dugin guy speak Russian with a Texas accent? Or is it the other way around down there in the Lone Star State when it comes to the shot callers in the party in power.
A little light reading copied form the newsletter from Heather Cox Richardson "Letters from an American" (6-18), the name of which in this instance (for me, anyway) contains a tad bit too much irony on a couple of levels to go unnoticed.
"...delegates to a convention of the Texas Republican Party today approved platform planks rejecting “the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and [holding] that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States”; requiring students “to learn about the dignity of the preborn human,” including that life begins at fertilization; treating homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice”; locking the number of Supreme Court justices at 9; getting rid of the constitutional power to levy income taxes; abolishing the Federal Reserve; rejecting the Equal Rights Amendment; returning Christianity to schools and government; ending all gun safety measures; abolishing the Department of Education; arming teachers; requiring colleges to teach “free-market liberty principles”; defending capital punishment; dictating the ways in which the events at the Alamo are remembered; protecting Confederate monuments; ending gay marriage; withdrawing from the United Nations and the World Health Organization; and calling for a vote “for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.”"
Can hear a bit of a 'twang' in there in a couple of spots from over yonder there beyond that Ukraine place, nyet?
With apologies to all the people in Texas who do not and will not support this bullshit...
What say you, Governor Abbott? I don't think you're planning on taking a shot at POTUS. But there may be another presidential job opening in your neck of the woods, if your political comra...er, allies get what they're apparently wishing for. How's that sound to ya'? Korosho, maybe?
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Sykes: "Open discussion and debate [on male-born transgender athletes' participation in competitive women’s and girls’ sports] are sorely needed."
I would suggest the following approach
The normal range of natural testosterone for men is 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) or 10 to 35 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L)
The normal range of natural testosterone for women is 15 to 70 ng/dL or 0.5 to 2.4 nmol/L
To allow their participation in competitive women’s and girls’ sports, enforce a continuous cap on trans-women's testosterone of 70 ng/dL or 2.4 nmol/L, which must be demonstrated by continuously meeting the limit for six consecutive months before the event(s)
This cap would not apply to cis-women's natural levels of testosterone
https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/tests/testosterone
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Thanks for the translation of Dugin's rant. It sounds insane to us, but this kind of thinking is now the official line in Russia. Last week, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the second highest bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church, was fired from ALL of his high-level responsibilities and named Metropolitan of Budapest, a diocese with just 10 parishes. It appears his offense was a lack of enthusiasm for the holy war rhetoric of Putin and Kirill. He never spoke against it, mind you; but his silence was perceived as too loud.
I’m a Jew and using that as a verb is absolutely antisemitic, as you say. It has no innocent etymology. The fact that people still use it doesn’t mean they don’t know what it means.
There is no comparison with employing neutral words.
All I know is that Jesus never mentioned homosexuality even once, but he did say we should treat others the way we want to be treated, so I’m going with that (two facts which I’m surprised more devout Christians haven’t picked up on).
Lia Thomas caught my attention. At the high school and college level scholarships can be involved, and biological advantage seems unfair. On the other hand, Thomas lost this week to a trans man who swims for the women’s team at Yale.
"niche voice within the Republican Party, because there are plenty of gay conservatives out there, there are plenty of lesbian conservatives out there"
See that's the problem. The Republicans are no longer conservative. They are fascists. Knuckle under or your dead.
I believe calling a spade a spade does mean “speaking plainly and honestly” .. y'know, don't call a spade a shovel or a hoe. Just call a spade a spade”
Im curious how much of this is regional dialect?
Wow. Well… couple things.Putin has no more face to save. It is NOT Europe’s job to save his face. Perhaps smoosh his face in a pie made out of the poison he used on Navalny? Id be okay w that.
As for the whole trans thing. Much like pregnancy, its complicated by the fact that each pregnancy and each trans human are different. Often dramatically different. Each situation is novel and deserves to be treated UNIQUELY. BY DOCTORS. Both pregnancy and transitioning are MEDICAL. NOT LEGAL.
I am sick to death of Republicans “playing doctor”. Checking the genitalia of athletes? Egregious Child abuse.
Should we rationally discuss the best way forward for trans kids? Yes if its to provide parents with resources and children with acceptance. We cis folk need to defend and ally of course, but we should listen a LOT before we “pronounce”. We should listen to trans people, and to parents of exploring kids
Transitioning seems deeply personal, and politics has no business in our personal decisions which do not affect anyone else.
Why is simple kindness so difficult for Republicans? Thats a genuine question in case someone wants to attempt an answer.
Honestly, in addition to the homophobia, there is a lot in the Texas GOP platform to be legitimately worried about. It is literally trying to take us back to pre-civil war era politics. I think when the economy gets better and inflation isn’t top of mind the GOP will pay a huge cost for its radical views…a shame it can’t be sooner though.
I'm just here to find out why all the people who told me to shut up and pay my debnts on the student loan matter are outraged that gas is more expensive. I mean, gotta maintain those bank profits, right? But gas? Come on man, just let Russia sell again, please?
Just stop eating avocado toast, bro.
Peter Thiel a gay billionaire is a huge GOP/trump financial backer. Texas GOP needs to be careful not to crap where it eats.
There's something a little quaint about citing opinion polls when democracy itself is arguably teetering the the brink of collapse. Who cares what the general public thinks if policy can be commandeered by a vanguard of violent insurrectionists and revolutionaries whom the public is too apathetic or demoralized to oppose in practice? The whole point of the attempted coup was that the country should be at the disposal of (and will obediently follow) whoever has the single minded ruthlessness to seize it.
"[H]omosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice.” As though we needed any more proof of Republican hypocrisy--or of the clear and present danger Republicans pose. Republicans are all in for freedom except when it conflicts with their prejudices. Then they become the lifestyle judges, juries, and executioners. This is what comes after their rejection of the rule of law.
With it being Juneteenth one thing that caught my attention, "calling a spade a spade"
*sigh*
We have so much what I call fossil racism in our language.
I think myself an enlightened person but I catch myself doing it some times.
Jack
I think Tom Nichols laid it out in his newsletter over at the Atlantic. As I remember, once Ukraine did not fold, it was going to be a brutal stalemate that will last as long as Putin wants it too.
of course he is a better writer than I am but I think that about sums it up, in a crude sort of way.
So. Does that Dugin guy speak Russian with a Texas accent? Or is it the other way around down there in the Lone Star State when it comes to the shot callers in the party in power.
A little light reading copied form the newsletter from Heather Cox Richardson "Letters from an American" (6-18), the name of which in this instance (for me, anyway) contains a tad bit too much irony on a couple of levels to go unnoticed.
"...delegates to a convention of the Texas Republican Party today approved platform planks rejecting “the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and [holding] that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States”; requiring students “to learn about the dignity of the preborn human,” including that life begins at fertilization; treating homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice”; locking the number of Supreme Court justices at 9; getting rid of the constitutional power to levy income taxes; abolishing the Federal Reserve; rejecting the Equal Rights Amendment; returning Christianity to schools and government; ending all gun safety measures; abolishing the Department of Education; arming teachers; requiring colleges to teach “free-market liberty principles”; defending capital punishment; dictating the ways in which the events at the Alamo are remembered; protecting Confederate monuments; ending gay marriage; withdrawing from the United Nations and the World Health Organization; and calling for a vote “for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.”"
Can hear a bit of a 'twang' in there in a couple of spots from over yonder there beyond that Ukraine place, nyet?
With apologies to all the people in Texas who do not and will not support this bullshit...
What say you, Governor Abbott? I don't think you're planning on taking a shot at POTUS. But there may be another presidential job opening in your neck of the woods, if your political comra...er, allies get what they're apparently wishing for. How's that sound to ya'? Korosho, maybe?