Activists accuse government of transphobia as it also plans to drop the Q from LGBTQ+

The Socialists, led by Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, included plans to limit participation in female sports to “people with a female biological sex” in a policy document decided on at the party’s congress over the weekend.

The decision to also remove Q+ from a plan to protect sexual and gender minorities from the impact of social inequality sparked fury from LGBTQ+ activists and politicians from Left-wing partners of Mr Sánchez’s minority government.

The passing of a transgender rights reform in 2023, allowing anyone to change their official sex simply by stating their wish to switch, caused a bitter rift within Spain’s ruling Left-wing forces.

Carmen Calvo, the former Socialist deputy prime minister, said at the time the reform would “destroy the powerful battery of equality legislation in our country”.

Pathetic display from so-called socialists

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 days ago

    Equating transgender women with cisgender men is biologically inaccurate.

    The tests assessed body composition, lung function, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, strength and lower body power.

    Among the results was a determination that the trans women athletes had decreased lung function compared to the cis women athletes.

    In addition, the bone density of the trans women athletes was found to be equivalent to that of the cis women. Bone density is linked to muscle strength.

    The researchers say their findings “reveal notable disparities in fat mass, fat-free mass, laboratory sports performance measures and hand-grip strength measures between cisgender male and transgender female athletes.

    “These differences underscore the inadequacy of using cisgender male athletes as proxies for transgender women athletes.”