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London Marathon offers non-binary option for mass event
France24 ^ | September 14, 2022

Posted on 09/14/2022 6:50:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

London (AFP) – Entrants in the mass-participation event at next year's London Marathon will be offered a non-binary gender option.

Organisers said it was part of a drive to make the race the "most diverse, equitable and inclusive marathon in the world".

Three gender options -- male, female and non-binary -- will be offered to all participants registering for the mass participation element of the event.

The Boston Marathon announced a similar change this week.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: culturewar; homosexualagenda; marathon; perverts

1 posted on 09/14/2022 6:50:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This still doesn’t prevent trans women running as (and pretending to be) real women.


2 posted on 09/14/2022 6:53:35 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As violent crime rates surge I’m happy to see municipalities are still focusing on the really important stuff.


3 posted on 09/14/2022 6:53:40 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So there is a non binary option now?

It seems that the organizers of these events, are eager to bend over backwards to prove that they are liberal, with all this “LGBT” and “gender identity” business.

I wonder how many will register in the non binary category, so as to have less competition for the award?

So there will be three winners, men’s division, women’s division, and non binary division???


4 posted on 09/14/2022 6:58:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These are the real science deniers


5 posted on 09/14/2022 7:10:21 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel & a deplorable. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego
So there will be three winners, men’s division, women’s division, and non binary division???

Well, the so-called "non binary division" option will not be available to the elite runners (i.e., the professional runners, men and women, who will be seriously contesting the race), so, as a practical matter, no.

In any event, what this really amounts to for the amateur runners is two divisions for men and one for women.

6 posted on 09/14/2022 7:18:28 AM PDT by DSH
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When I ran the 1983 Boston the male under-40 qualifying time was 2:50.00. Now it’s 3 hours.


7 posted on 09/14/2022 7:39:44 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can I enter as a “non-runner” and just drive?


8 posted on 09/14/2022 7:43:24 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why differentiate between genders? Just let everyone who qualifies participate and May the best person win! FULL STOP.


9 posted on 09/14/2022 7:44:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Boston does too this year. And the qualifying times are the women’s times. For people that can’t quite make the grade I guess. I wonder how many men will be pushed out because of it.


10 posted on 09/14/2022 7:58:24 AM PDT by Technocrat
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Fun Fact:
If you fill out a form 4473 for a firearms purchase in the USA, there is a checkbox for Male, Female, and Non-Binary.


11 posted on 09/14/2022 8:07:42 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: bigdaddy45
This still doesn’t prevent trans women running as (and pretending to be) real women.

Yep. Should be men, women and deluded. And a required DNA test.

12 posted on 09/14/2022 11:32:02 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; nickcarraway
Update...

Man, 36, died during London Marathon after collapsing just two miles from the finishing line

Note that the story was spiked for a day. And a lit if the media over there is not allowing comments on related stories, or is censoring the crap out of comments.

Gee, I wonder why...? 🤔

13 posted on 10/03/2022 12:29:16 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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