TRANSGENDERStunning and brave, bravely stunning and stunningly brave, transwoman plays on women’s Gaelic Football team In Ireland

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[–]Datachost 15 insightful - 4 fun15 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Irish society’s secular liberalisation

Lol. Lmao even.

Edit: Having read the whole thing, this is just a predictable fluff piece from the Guardian. Once again they're pushing the no advantage route by repeating the "I can't do stuff I was used to be able to" or "Some of those women are stronger than I am", fundamentally misunderstanding (let's face it intentionally) what an advantage actually is in a sporting context.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Did you spot how they deliberately didn’t print a picture of the stunning and brave individual. Seems like a pretty big change to journalism, to curtail their reporting to spare the feelings of the subject.

The Guardian agreed not to publish this or any photograph that identified Valentino, who has been harassed. “Safety is a privilege that doesn’t belong to trans people,” she said.

Special rules for certain groups.

[–]Oof_Too_Humid 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I noticed that right away. It's because as the old saying goes "a picture paints a thousand words".
The Guardian and their ilk have to work very hard to defend the indefensible. Why undermine that by showing a photo?

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Blah blah, stunning and brave, blah blah definitely no threat to female players in this full contact sport, blah blah. And here’s a photo.

“Oh fuck, it’s the hulk!” <-literally everyone outside the bubble.