They think trans women have an unfair advantage in… fishing?

Three members of an English women’s fishing team in England are refusing to compete at the world championships due to the fact that one of their own teammates is trans.

The Shore Angling World Championships will take place in Italy in November, and the board of the sport’s governing body, the Angling Trust, has said it will not prevent trans angler Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges from applying to compete.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In chess it made sense.

    You only get better by playing higher quality opponents. And even today a lot of the male grandmasters won’t play women unless forced to.

    For fishing tho?

    It makes no sense, there’s not even skill involved with fishing, just luck on what bites.

    So really, you should be asking why is anyone holding fishing tournaments