PRONOUNSThe London Marathon has fallen for the enby nonsense.

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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Participants in the mass participation event at next year's London Marathon will be able to register as non-binary, rather than male or female.

The change, which does not affect the elite races, will be a "significant step" in improving the race's inclusion said director Hugh Brasher.

"Changes such as this demonstrate our commitment to making the London Marathon for everyone," he added.

Boston Marathon announced a similar change earlier this week.

The elite races and their prizes will continue to be divided into male and female categories only.

Seems like pointless pandering, but if I was a betting man I wouldn’t bet against this being a dip of the little toe to judge the warmth of the reception. As the song goes, if we tolerate this…

[–]Horror-Swordfish 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, considering that the races that involve prizes aren't going to be handing out a "non-binary" prize, it definitely seems like either (a) pointless pandering, or (b) a small handful of angsty they/thems complained that they wanted to race but weren't male or female.

The really annoying thing is that these people constantly preach that "sex" and "gender" are two different things, yet when categories like "male" and "female" show up, they go, "I'm neither male nor female!" which is not only a lie but counter to their claims.

[–]r2d2_21 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Keep up with the times! The current narrative is that sex and gender are one and the same.

[–]Datachost 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Or sex and gender are completely different, but all the things you thought were determined by sex are actually determined by gender. Or something along those lines, hard to keep up with their bullshit when it changes on a daily basis