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Poilievre says 'biological males' should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms (www.cbc.ca)
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying "biological males" should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms.

"Female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males," Poilievre said in Kitchener, Ont.

The Conservative leader made the comments after being asked if, as prime minister, he would introduce legislation to prevent "transgender women" or "biological men" from participating in female sports or entering female prisons and shelters.

"A lot of the spaces … are provincially and municipally controlled, so it is unclear ... what reach federal legislation would have to change them," Poilievre said.

"But obviously female sports, female change rooms, female bathrooms should be for females, not for biological males," he added.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how he would label post-op trans women. They still have a Y chromosome, and are therefore "biological males."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

That's the problem with Pollievre's language.

And even pre bottom surgery trans people are vulnerable.

It feels like a given that trans people deserve to be able to use public washrooms and change rooms without fear, and I haven't seen any actual evidence they cause any issues beyond offending some closed minded people.

There are biological female spaces which it makes sense to exclude trans people from, they do have different experiences than cis women when it comes to growing up, periods, giving birth, etc. But bathrooms don't seem like one them.