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Language in the initiative claims that kids are already required to undergo verification of their “biological sex” before they can play sports. But KUOW spoke with medical professionals and a school sports official who said otherwise. Paperwork used by medical professionals in sports physicals also shows that the initiative would be a departure from current state requirements for athletic participation.

According to the initiative, students would have several options to confirm their sex: a visual genital exam, a lab test to determine their genetic makeup, or an analysis of testosterone levels in the blood. The genital exam, which a medical professional can conduct without touching the child, would likely be the most accessible option for most kids.

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[–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 3 points 41 minutes ago

Genital inspection day was supposed to be satire.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 hours ago

To save women from having "men" theoretically sneaking into bathrooms to see their genitals, we've now mandated that all women must allow "medical professional men" to see their genitals.

..... This is what conservatism does to your brain....

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago

"I looked at the genitals of 24 middle school girls and didn't find any perverts. You're welcome!"

[–] spacehulk@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

They are so afraid of a man using a women's bathroom, that they will abuse as many children as possible.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago

Its almost like the goal was always to be able to abuse children easier. What with the epstein class running things and all that

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

What strikes me as curious is the fact that they somehow believe that a person would go through psychiatric evaluation, hormonal treatments, and face and genital surgeries just to be able to go into a women's bathroom. Then they'll tell you that it is not that, it is that they are afraid of men using it as a loophole to go into the women's bathroom, and somehow they think the problem isn't men.

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago
[–] 7rokhym@lemmy.ca 18 points 8 hours ago

Pedophiles and rapists control the US, so this is logical next step.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 39 points 9 hours ago

Uhhhhhhhhhhh

If you are so against transgender folks being transgender that you're cool with a stranger confirming children's gender by taking a peek at their genitals, you are a fucking monster of a human being.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 hours ago

a visual genital exam

...no.

While the law itself is a significant overreach and such. The article is really blowing it out of proportion. Doctors check a kids genitals at their yearly checkup until puberty at least. So thisnis just a simple doc signing off on something they have already done in the past. There will be exceptions of kids who moved or have a new doctor since puberty or something. But they already have to get a medical release usually to play sports anyway. So they will have a new doctor who will have undoubtedly done a general physical anyway. The ones who this really effects is the poor. The ones who don't have a regulat doctor. Who is going to be doing their medical release... I don't know. But it should at least be a doctor I believe.
Not that doctor's are garunteed safe or anything. But in most cases they were at least vetted by the parents and not some random schmuck showing up at games checking girls crotchs.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

This is Brian Heywood absuing the ballot initiative process again. Brian Heywood is a rich fuck who left California for Washington State because he's dumb as fuck and thought WA was further to the right. He moved his entire business here and is now using his wealth to flood the zone with shitty, fucked up, misleading, and pointless ballot initiatives in an attempt to make WA what he originally (and stupidly) thought it was.

Brian Heywood should take his dumbass to Idaho, where they're happy to bend over while he goes to town.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 38 points 15 hours ago

Sounds like some people just want to look at kid's junk. Sounds very Republican.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

That's what the conservatives behind all this anti-queer stuff actually intended: they want to see and fondle kids genitals.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 44 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

an analysis of testosterone levels in the blood

Uh, wouldn’t this make trans girls test as girls and trans boys test as boys?

Like, don’t tell them if so, because it’s absolutely funnier that way.

[–] KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 17 hours ago

for girls, it depends on the type of HRT. Some trans-fem HRT lowers the production of testosterone; other HRT blocks the body from using testosterone, and can actually increase T levels as a result (but without the typical symptoms of high testosterone).

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

or an analysis of testosterone levels in the blood

Fun fact: that’s not a sex test because cis girls also produce testosterone, sometimes at heightened levels comparable to some cis boys. That’s just how biology does.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Some cis males also produce little testosterone. Look at Clavicular.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

I feel like that jackass has probably rat fucked his biology with the shit he puts in his system so bad example.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 33 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

This is being done by the IOC now. This regulation will force many women athletes whom are known to have high levels of testosterone naturally, to be forced out of women’s events.

EDIT: If you aren’t aware, the IOC announced a ban on transgender women participating in women’s events in April.

[–] charokol@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

But wait, I thought all this was to protect cis women in sports!

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 86 points 20 hours ago

Republicans are obsessed with children's genitals.

Go figure.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 39 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The WIAA is aware of roughly 10 trans athletes out of more than 200,000 kids who compete across the state, Kesterson said.

20,000:1 RATIO, FUCKING HELL HOW WILL GIRLS SPORTS EVER OVERCOME SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM???? no choice but to MAKE SURE YOU AIN'T SMUGGLING ANY BALLS ONTO THE COURT!

I really cannot see this ever passing, at least. Laurie Jenkins would have Bob shot if this somehow passes the house & senate and he didn't veto, and it'd probably be done with Mike Brown's gun (tho I similarly cannot envision a world in which Ferguson would ever pass this. Guy's pretty decent.)

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago

I really cannot see this ever passing

There are a helluva lot of things that "I cannot see happening" that the USA is actively doing right now (and over the last decade or more) .

[–] KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone 46 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"Sex-testing" children in schools sounds like something you'd find in a niche pervert hentai drooled over by 4chan /pol/ board weirdos; right along with all the other infringements on bodily autonomy we've seen from this regime. We don't live in "Hell". We live in the fantasy of the formerly rightfully-ostracized.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

4chan /pol/ board weirdos

This is literally who you’re allowing to run your country

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

As much as I want to say this isn't true, I really can't.

[–] KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 hours ago

just look at the executive agencies. it's not exactly secret when the executive branch is posting edgy shitposts. like,,, chain-posting shitposts.

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 16 points 18 hours ago

“Sex-testing” children in schools sounds like something you’d find in a niche pervert hentai drooled over by 4chan /pol/ board weirdos

You're telling me the party that actively wants to destroy women's rights while supporting a pedophile in office would... try to do things that pedophiles and rapists would like? Say it ain't so! /s

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 67 points 21 hours ago

total and complete insanity, fucking repulsive.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago

Why do these perverts care so much about children's private parts?

Fucking pedos

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 34 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They call us groomers, but conservatives want to look at little kid's junk before they can play sports. Fucking gross

[–] geekwithsoul@piefed.social 21 points 18 hours ago

"but conservatives want to look at little kid's junk ~~before they can play sports~~."

FTFY 🙂

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 37 points 21 hours ago

The gop are going to sign up in droves to be this "medical professional"

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And that's the result of religious ppl off you.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

The problem is these perverts spend far too much time thinking about children and their genitals.

Partly became their religion is cool with it.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 9 points 18 hours ago

If this passes as a ballot initiative in Washington State - pack it up, burn it down. This country has nothing worth trying to save.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

At that point we can just say that, let’s just let the girls and boys play together so the Trump-Epstein coalition doesn’t come in to examine their genitals.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

In a non patriarchal society. This would be great. But, unfortunately, we live in a patriarchal society and this would just result in more children being pushed out of sports because of toxic environments.

If you think kids are mean. Wait until you hear all the parents that verbally abuse kids on the field because of their "inferior" gender identity. Or the coaches that form "nonbinary" teams of all cis boys. "Our team sucks because it has too many girls".

I played on a "mixed" summer softball team as a kid in South Georgia. It was literally just for fun and had no "championship". Each game was entirely independent. Half of the already few girls quit after a few games. Little 8 year old girls crying because of shit they heard parents saying or that the other kids repeated.

This shit goes deep into our culture and society. Until that changes doing "all gender" sports is not a good idea in practice.

There are so few trans kids in our population. There are even fewer that want to play sports. The best thing to do now is let kids play on the team they want play on. And never ever ever allow these "genital inspection days".

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

We need to start referring to these people as PACs... Pedophiles Against Competition.

Leave those kids alone you ghouls. What a fucking dark stretch of time.

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They're going to auction off government positions for the new child genital inspecters to the highest bidders.