HELP COMPLETE THIS LIST OF PLAYERS.
The Preserve Championship in Minnesota was one of the few #DGPT events that #NatalieRyan was allowed to compete in this year. "ICONS - Independent Council on Women's Sports" sponsored this protest, and I'm curious about their financials/support base.
I haven't seen anyone post a list of ICONS-supporters, so maybe we could get one going here. As a disc golf fan, I think it's important to know where specific golfers stand on this issue.
The video linked here was led primarily by Cat and Sarah. Other than the timestamped names below, here's who I've spotted: FRONT ROW: Lisa Fajkus, Vanessa Van Dyken, Stacie (Hass) Kiefer OTHERS: Stacie Rawnsley, Nathan Queen?, Gannon Buhr, Garrett Gurthie, Nikko, Ezra Aderholt?, Robert Burridge, Austin Hannum
Previously signed "Declaration" on May 8th: Emily Beach, Deann Carey, Ruby Reyes, Evelina Salonen, Henna Bloomroos, Sarah Gilpin, Valerie Mandujano https://www.reddit.com/r/discgolf/comments/13cdeu7/ryan_lawsuit_news_the_stockton_declaration_of/
0:00 Introduction 0:18 Catrina Allen 5:02 Sarah Hokom 15:06 Jennifer Allen 16:06 Kat Mertsch 17:18 Sami Keddington 18:26 Rebecca Cox 19:49 Jessica Weese 20:27 Kona (Panis) Montgomery 21:25 Catrina Allen 22:40 Sarah Hokom
#TransAthletes #TransRights
Out of the loop: what’s going on with female disc golfers?
What I could find out: Natalie Ryan is transsexual and won many female disc golf events. Then she was banned from competing as a woman, went to court and they decided she could compete. Then the events were cancelled.
I also read some comments that said she was not a nice person at all.
The women in OPs video think it's not fair to compete against someone who went through male puberty.
Maybe I don’t understand disc golf, but isn’t this more of a technique sport? Seems like the ‘male puberty’ type arguments are a red herring here, even if you were to credit them in other contexts.
Disc golf is also power sport. Drive distance is a big factor.
Which you can achieve with the right type of throw with the right type of disc.
Male puberty is not making the major difference here
Also, it's not like they don't make the exact same argument even if the trans woman in question didn't go through a male puberty and was on blockers and then hormones from their teenage years. All that does is force them to move the goalposts on their anti-trans arguments.
The other hypocricy about "moving goal posts" is that they allow trans women to compete for money in all other disc golf events, but just not the "Pro Tour" majors.