Apologies for the re-post. A friend very rightly pointed out that, in the end, this is a positive story. One brave woman is speaking up for her daughter. I wanted the title and URL to reflect that
The most disgusting part of this for me - and there are many to choose from - is that it had clearly been getting planned for months if not years and there was absolutely no attempt to consult, prepare, or take the girls feelings into account.
They didn't even have the decency to pretend to consult.
The whole thing was done in an aggressive, bullying, abusive manner when it didn't need to be.
“I desperately want people to wake up to the world we are creating for women” I think everyone on here shares this frustration. I shared an Instagram post about Lia with a female friend who lives in California. She has two sons who swim competitively. I expected a reaction. I didn’t really get anything. She didn’t call me a TERF but she didn’t really seem that interested. Is apathy one of the biggest problems?
Thank you Graham. So many seeing this from the substack, will finally have access to these chilling words, from this mother. It’s actually gut wrenching to realise this is being perpetuated, the involvement of so many offices, to keep this looking calm and acceptable is ridiculous.
Such a shame that this huge shouldered man, can’t be hidden nicely away, like a 5’6” male could be, whereas 6’4”? and built like a wardrobe really peaked so many, didn’t it ?
Wonderful speech and truly heartbreaking . Heard it yesterday on the women's declaration international. YouTube channel and I've been enraged ever since . The way those girls are being treated to massage one man's ego is absolutely appalling and shame to all those sports bodies and in particular the ACLU ,who are enthusiastically participating in this outrage ! They should all be removed from their positions and replaced people of honesty and integrity who vow to uphold the principles of fairness in sport ! Disgraceful
Trans ideology is bullshit - but it's powerfully financially backed up bullshit. The totalitarian scope of the repression described here to silence anyone with a dissenting view, would have made the East German Stasi green with envy. Slap bang in the centre of the land of the free, and its most prestigious institutions. This amazing and deeply disturbing document needs to be both carefully saved for posterity, as well as spread as far and wide as possible. In spite of one of the US' best ever playwrights, Arthur Miller, exposing exactly the same bullshit at work in the 1950s crusade against communism, here we are in the 2020s, repeating the same attempt at mind control of a whole population, through fear of social ostracism. We are apparently really reluctant to learn from our own history.
The NCAA have now apparently thrown a little symbolic gesture women's rights way, with a promise to make eligibility for trans identified males in women's swimming dependent on three instead of one year's testosterone level testing, which would have effectively put an end to Thomas' narcissistically insulting behaviour, but ultimately it's not what is really needed. What is truly needed is the recognition that sport is physical, that physicality is sex dependent and therefore sport needs to be segregated on a sex axis. There should quite simply be no place for men in women's sport. Something nobody would even have dreamed of questioning until six or seven years ago. In that short space of time the world of sport has been turned upside down. That is some hellishly powerful bullshit which has taken hold of a generation and the institutions of a formerly free society, and ransacked their minds for the capacity for free independent thought.
Just heartbreaking. You can hear the utter despair, pain and frustration in her voice. . . but what an eloquent speech. Repeatedly taken down. . . for speaking the truth. WTAF. Thanks for sharing.
💔 This mother’s words could peak the world! Being a sports kid’s parent, I still find it jaw dropping that this is happening. It should be the last time young women ever face a man in competition at any level. Frustrating to have to chase this recording down yesterday. I feel like it is really threatening to the trans side and that is why it was being taken down everywhere.
I admit to becoming bored with these recitals, but it is good to learn of the individual experiences of parents and other swimmers - the issue of men competing in womens sports pretending to be women is wrong, plainly wrong - there is no room for discussion or compromise, no wriggle room at all. Call it out for what it is, cheating. I couldn’t care less if Will finished last in each race, he is stealing a place from a young woman who has worked hard to participate.
Apologies for the re-post. A friend very rightly pointed out that, in the end, this is a positive story. One brave woman is speaking up for her daughter. I wanted the title and URL to reflect that
I have to say, for those that don’t like to believe in conspiracies, this is starting to feel like a conspiracy!
The most disgusting part of this for me - and there are many to choose from - is that it had clearly been getting planned for months if not years and there was absolutely no attempt to consult, prepare, or take the girls feelings into account.
They didn't even have the decency to pretend to consult.
The whole thing was done in an aggressive, bullying, abusive manner when it didn't need to be.
This makes me so angry , will Thomas and his family should be ashamed of themselves , as should all the coaching associations
I could change my name to cleopatra , still won’t make me a feckin Egyptian beauty 😡
“I desperately want people to wake up to the world we are creating for women” I think everyone on here shares this frustration. I shared an Instagram post about Lia with a female friend who lives in California. She has two sons who swim competitively. I expected a reaction. I didn’t really get anything. She didn’t call me a TERF but she didn’t really seem that interested. Is apathy one of the biggest problems?
This is what Evil looks like. Utterly evil
Jan
2 hr ago
Thank you Graham. So many seeing this from the substack, will finally have access to these chilling words, from this mother. It’s actually gut wrenching to realise this is being perpetuated, the involvement of so many offices, to keep this looking calm and acceptable is ridiculous.
Such a shame that this huge shouldered man, can’t be hidden nicely away, like a 5’6” male could be, whereas 6’4”? and built like a wardrobe really peaked so many, didn’t it ?
Wonderful speech and truly heartbreaking . Heard it yesterday on the women's declaration international. YouTube channel and I've been enraged ever since . The way those girls are being treated to massage one man's ego is absolutely appalling and shame to all those sports bodies and in particular the ACLU ,who are enthusiastically participating in this outrage ! They should all be removed from their positions and replaced people of honesty and integrity who vow to uphold the principles of fairness in sport ! Disgraceful
Trans ideology is bullshit - but it's powerfully financially backed up bullshit. The totalitarian scope of the repression described here to silence anyone with a dissenting view, would have made the East German Stasi green with envy. Slap bang in the centre of the land of the free, and its most prestigious institutions. This amazing and deeply disturbing document needs to be both carefully saved for posterity, as well as spread as far and wide as possible. In spite of one of the US' best ever playwrights, Arthur Miller, exposing exactly the same bullshit at work in the 1950s crusade against communism, here we are in the 2020s, repeating the same attempt at mind control of a whole population, through fear of social ostracism. We are apparently really reluctant to learn from our own history.
The NCAA have now apparently thrown a little symbolic gesture women's rights way, with a promise to make eligibility for trans identified males in women's swimming dependent on three instead of one year's testosterone level testing, which would have effectively put an end to Thomas' narcissistically insulting behaviour, but ultimately it's not what is really needed. What is truly needed is the recognition that sport is physical, that physicality is sex dependent and therefore sport needs to be segregated on a sex axis. There should quite simply be no place for men in women's sport. Something nobody would even have dreamed of questioning until six or seven years ago. In that short space of time the world of sport has been turned upside down. That is some hellishly powerful bullshit which has taken hold of a generation and the institutions of a formerly free society, and ransacked their minds for the capacity for free independent thought.
Heartbreaking.
Just heartbreaking. You can hear the utter despair, pain and frustration in her voice. . . but what an eloquent speech. Repeatedly taken down. . . for speaking the truth. WTAF. Thanks for sharing.
Apologies , I should have emphasised HIS
💔 This mother’s words could peak the world! Being a sports kid’s parent, I still find it jaw dropping that this is happening. It should be the last time young women ever face a man in competition at any level. Frustrating to have to chase this recording down yesterday. I feel like it is really threatening to the trans side and that is why it was being taken down everywhere.
I admit to becoming bored with these recitals, but it is good to learn of the individual experiences of parents and other swimmers - the issue of men competing in womens sports pretending to be women is wrong, plainly wrong - there is no room for discussion or compromise, no wriggle room at all. Call it out for what it is, cheating. I couldn’t care less if Will finished last in each race, he is stealing a place from a young woman who has worked hard to participate.
It would be good if you could get this mother on the Mess, if not now, one day ....
Thomas claims to be a woman, yet displays all the characteristics of an entitled, privileged male. (For male: read brat!)
Slava Ukraini!