Recent content by m20gull

It's bad enough that Palace made the semi-final when we didn't, and then they acted like it was their cup final. The idea of them winning it is unbearable. The idea of them winning it and us scraping in to 8th place and missing out on Europe would be even worse. And worse still if we bottle the...

Best I've ever done was 3 goals so that is impressive.

And the SC judgement changes nothing in this regard. People with a protected characteristic of gender reassignment are still protected.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/ucla-student-sues-california-doctors-says-was-fast-tracked-transgender-rcna183815 That's one example but there are more. Data is hard to come by but: https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/1000-families-sue-tavistock-gender-service-2022a10021ac

That's one perception. The opposing view is that this legislation affects single-sex spaces and therefore all women are potentially affected.

Other than the description of medical treatment by Khelif's trainer that appears only consistent with a male DSD condition. There has been no published evidence consistent with Khelif being biologically female, and nor did there have to be to compete in the female class at the Olympic boxing...

Posting about Khelif was consistent. Rowling supports women's rights and doesn't think male athletes belong in female sports.

This sounds like an argument for not recording gender but making it irrelevant in public spaces. There is definitely a trend to gender neutral facilities and this will not be reversed. On the second point it could be argued that people using the wrong single sex spaces have been breaking the...

If access to single sex spaces is determined by sex, and gender reassignment requires no action whatsoever, why would you need gender recorded anywhere?

Both those stats are quoted but they represent different things. 1.7% is the proportion who have a difference of sexual development but almost all of those are identifiable as male or female. 0.018% is the remaining proportion for whom it is not possible to determine sex.

I stopped having a season ticket at the Goldstone some time in the '90s but still went to most games. I cannot remember whether I had a season ticket at Priestfield but only missed one home game during the 2 seasons so might have done (it helped that I lived in Ashford). Didn't bother at...

I'm not going to blame Pedro entirely. The coaching team need to have very strong words with him. It's a thoroughly irritating feature of the game generally but Pedro in particular and I would have no problem with the FA enforcing retrospectively.

I would echo this. The big problem with Saturday is the use of retired players as 'experts'. They don't have the experience of the league as it is currently. This shines when we get to the international tournaments and they use current coaches who can give actual tactical analysis rather than...

I missed the City semi-final because it felt wrong. I did go to the United one but that was first game back after over a year of post-Covid. If we beat Forest I shall have to face that question again. I'm also quite old so I'm sad with the loss of replays. Big club squads are fatter than ever so...

And we gave him two defenders to show him inside. Very generous of us. And yes it was a good strike