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walkingman

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3. The REAL question - Is this an issue about fairness in sports or is this issue about transphobia?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 10:51 AM

10 hrs ago

Most people oppose allowing transgender athletes not because they are concerned about fairness for women, but because they are negatively biased against transgender people.

Then politics takes the stage.....

A wedge issue is a controversial political topic that candidates running for public office raise in order to attract or alienate the opponents' supporters.