#Politics and sports

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[poliphoon]

Politics gives soccer a hard kick

Soccer is almost tailor-made to stir trouble at match venues. Bad, if one of the playing teams happens to be Israel. It happened recently in Amsterdam. In what could have been a bigger replay, the France v Israel game in Saint-Denis, just a few kilometres north of Paris, was targeted by antisemitists on November 14th. Luckily, the violence was averted. Yet a non-event has become such a news that…

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ok Kendrick Lamar rapping, with all Black dancers, with Samual L. Jackson playing Uncle Sam, mocking racist anti-rap rhetoric, with Lamar calling out racism in America all while trump is watching actually made me smile so much

also SZA and Not Like Us and actually all of it was amazing

this is the only part about the super bowl i like lmao

[mysharona1987]

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"The revolution is about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy" - Kendrick Lamar, Half-time show 2025

[reasonsforhope]

"Arizona’s ban on transgender athletes has been blocked by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which called the 2022 law “the essence of discrimination.”

Supporters of the so-called Save Women’s Sports Act claimed that the law protected girls and women in schools and colleges from “unfair competition.” However, the federal court found that pre-pubescent trans girls and trans girls on puberty blockers have no significant physical advantages over cis girls their own age, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

“[The law] to ensure competitive fairness and equal athletic opportunities for cisgender female athletes cannot be squared with the fact that the Act bars students from female athletics based entirely on transgender status,” Judge Morgan Christen wrote in the court’s 3-0 decision.

“[The law] permits all students other than transgender women and girls to play on teams consistent with their gender identities,” Christen continued, “transgender women and girls alone are barred from doing so. This is the essence of discrimination.”

Two trans girls, an 11-year-old soccer player and a 15-year-old swimmer and volleyball player on puberty blockers, sued to overturn the law; 18 states signed court arguments in favor of the law, and 17 states signed arguments against it.

A lower federal court also ruled against the law, and the two court rulings against it can now be cited as a legal precedent to help other trans girls play sports. However, Arizona could also appeal the decision to be heard by an 11-judge panel on the appeals court or ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the matter.

“A student’s transgender status is not an accurate proxy for athletic ability and competitive advantage,” said Rachel Berg, a lawyer with the National Center for Lesbian Rights who represented the two girls in court. “Our clients are thrilled to be able to continue to play on girls’ sports teams with their friends while this case proceeds to trial.”"

-via LGBTQ Nation, September 10, 2024

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[theonion]

“God, what a friggin’ geek,” said Moreland, eyeing Dansby in the food court of Willowbrook Mall. “Saturday nights, I bet he gets together with his other geek buddies and whacks off to Star Wars on video. He’s probably never even gotten laid.”

Moreland, a 27-year-old bachelor who spends most Saturday nights watching ESPN and checking for injury updates on CNNSI.com, then left the food court and headed to The Fan Zone, where he browsed a rack of extra-large New York Giants jerseys.

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[iicraft505]

It's really... Telling that when women are Too Good at sports they're accused of being men. Like women are always inferior to men? Could never ever compete with them at the same level? Not the flex you think it is.

[thashining]

Dedicated to the girl who said, "We won" and stuck her togue out.

[lizardsfromspace]

Still not over the people who said Spain should beat England as some kind of revenge for colonialism. Spain, the country whose big national holiday is literally honoring Christopher Columbus. So many countries speak Spanish bc Spain was such a great friend to them I guess

[mysharona1987]

Imane Khelif be like:

Oh, she’s got them. Dead to rights, as they say.

[shiftythrifting]

The parking situation at my local fair was a nightmare so we went thrifting instead - saw some things

[reasonsforhope]

"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) has vetoed a Republican-led ban on transgender high school athletes, saying that such legislation would needlessly harm the mental well-being of trans youth and make the state less safe for LGBTQ+ people. State Republicans reportedly lack the votes to override his veto.

“This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric we get by pursuing it, harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids,” Evers wrote in his veto message.

“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination into state statute and the Wisconsin state legislature’s ongoing efforts to perpetuate hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and policies targeting LGBTQ Wisconsinites including our transgender and gender nonconforming kids…. I will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids,” Evers added.

He vetoed the bill in a public ceremony while surrounded by trans advocates, Democratic lawmakers, the mayor of Madison and others, NBC News reported.

The bill would have required public, private, and independent charter schools to designate each team by the gender of its participants, and then require participants to play on teams matching the gender listed on their birth certificates.

The bill would have overruled current policies, established in 2015 by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, that allowed trans students to play on sports teams matching their gender identity as long as they provided a personal letter; supporting documentation from parents, teachers, and medical professionals; and proof of any gender-affirming care...

Last September [in 2023], Evers vetoed a Republican-led bill that would’ve banned gender-affirming medical care for minors."

-via LGBTQ Nation, April 2, 2024