Jo Yurcaba, reporter for NBC Out.
Posted on 09/22/2023 5:56:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Katie Barnes, an ESPN writer who conducted one of the first and only in-depth on-camera interviews with transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, has finally answered the question people have asked them for years: What does a fair and trans-inclusive athlete policy look like?
Barnes, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, has covered transgender athletes for seven years and women’s sports for eight. During that time, they have never publicly shared their own opinions about policies governing trans athletes’ participation and what they believe would ensure fairness for everyone involved.
However, as they wrote articles about Thomas, who set off an international firestorm when she began winning women’s swimming events in December 2021, Barnes said something happened to them that had never happened before in their career: People began questioning their ability to report fairly and accurately on trans people, assuming they were biased simply because they are nonbinary.
“Most of it was being done in bad faith,” they said. “It really rubbed me the wrong way.”
In their book, Barnes evaluates the impact of gender stereotypes on sports and how this impact influences athletes and fans. For example, there’s a chapter in the book called “No Bow Lesbo,” in which Barnes describes how hair ribbons have historically been used as a signal of femininity in softball.
They call upon their years of sports reporting and their experience building relationships with trans athletes who have made headlines in the last seven years.
At the end of Barnes book, they acknowledge several reporters, including NBC News’ Jo Yurcaba, writing: “To the queer and trans journalists covering our community: Kate Sosin, Jo Yurcaba, O’rion Rummler, Julie Kliegman, Lauren McGaughy, Nico Lang, and others, I see you and I love you. This is so hard, but know that I’m in it with you.”
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Jo Yurcaba, reporter for NBC Out.
Plural pronouns far too often create ambiguity. I really hate reading something twice because of the linguistic laziness of the writer. #StopDanglingAntecedents!
“...has covered transgender athletes for seven years...”
Call me naive, but I didn’t realize transgender athletes have been going that long....
.. you're as psychotic as the lunatics you're pandering to.
That’s because these freaks stayed incognito to the general public. But I’d wager to guess women’s sports teams knew. It’s only in recent years that the tranny madness has hit the public square.
Yeah, I’m sure that’s it...I just always thought the “guy” looking and acting ones were just lesbians....
There is NO SUCH THING as Trans anything, these are mentally and psychologically disturbed PRETENDERS.
Why can’t they settle for the Wierdo league of the particular sport? They could have drag queen half time shows all they want.
The mentally disturbed must be catered to at the expense of everyone else?
Since most females seem to have embraced this trans shit, I look forward to the day when female sports are exclusively bio male. I can’t fight a battle they don’t care about themselves.
I have always said if a woman wants to be middle linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers she should be allowed to play. I would hate to see what she looks like but she should still go for it.
Before or after training camp?
I would hate to see what she looks like but she should still go for it.
After:
Better idea: stop the “trans” idiocy entirely. There is no such thing in reality. Sure, there are sissy, swishy men and butch women, but that’s as far as it goes. Stop even granting the notion that there could be such an actual phenomenon as a transgender person, let alone groups of them. This is the latest trend kids use to freak out their parents. I’m thankful all our generation had to do to recover from it’s youthful foolishness was get a haircut.
Which is reason #1 why I don’t care what he/she/it has to say, about anything.
I agree. Why do we need an official policy on transgender people in sports?
I wish someone would say the policy is that boys compete against the boys and girls compete against girls in sports. I wish the policy would state that we don’t care if some boys pretend that they are girls or vice versa. Play dress up on your own time not on the sports field.
How about this as a solution...
Have three leagues:
1 - real men (XY) only
2 - real women (XX) only
3 - open league - anyone can join.
Any guess how this would play out?
If you’re a woman and wanted to win which league would you join?
And if you’re a man who wanted to win which one would you pick?
And what if you were a trans?
“ Without giving away a key part of the book, Barnes writes that there is no scientific or empirical evidence to support the categorical bans on trans student athlete participation that have become law in 23 states.”
Intentional ignorance.
All you have to do is look at the disparity in records for pure strength and speed across genders: weightlifting, track events, swimming events.
There is a person that my daughter plays against in the fall/summer club lacrosse leagues (2026 grad year).
It has wide shoulders and an Adams apple. It is faster. It is leaner. It is inarguably stronger. It bodies girls off of ground balls constantly. It is more aggressive than 95% of the other athletes.
It’s absolutely unfair. No one is willing to point out what is happening aloud. But the girls know, and they hate it.
There is a reason why we don't hear any news about women who become men winning in men's divisions.
-PJ
THAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM
Barnes is a moron & liar. Studies have shown men on testosterone blockers are stronger and faster than women.
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