"Valid" feels a lot like when someone says "sure," i.e. they don't sound sure, so using "valid" often feels actually invalidating. It's the progressive circles equivalent to when your parents tell you, "That's interesting," or, "We'll see." All it does is fill space.
The "trans athlete debate" is not really about sports or fairness, but about getting a legal precedent deeming trans women to be men under the law that can be extended to other areas of our lives.
I'll try to share one daily until this account stops looking like a ghost town. Stay tuned :3
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