cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37235684

Obviously reporting transphobic comments to a transphobic mod isn’t going to result in any action, so I’m wondering if the admins are going to do anything about it?

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t know enough about sports, or the skeletomuscular and endocrine differences between someone AMAB and someone AFAB, to comment on the topic.

    I’d much prefer to defend our trans community, but there’s way too much misinformation for me to get the valid and credible information needed to do so. Can someone please share some links so people like me can be educated enough to speak out in support?

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      4 hours ago

      Read *Who’s Afraid of Gender? *

      The jest of it is that sometimes cis women have more testosterone than cis men. Even in top athletes.

      And trans women on hrt have less than either.

      I started transitioning over the summer, I’ve lost 15 lb of muscle mass.

      Three decades of testosterone dominance made me tall and lanky. But no taller or more lanky than cis women I know. About the only major difference, as far as sports are concerned, would be my wider shoulders. And still needing to wear a cup I guess.

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          22 minutes ago

          Oh thanks :)

          Always fun to discover I’ve been misspelling a word for decades lol

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        Perfect. I’ll definitely check that out. Thank you!

        If anyone else is as strapped as I am, I just confirmed they have the E-book for loan on my local library website. Borrowing from the library may help authors less than purchase, but it’s still better than piracy.