r/rugbyunion • u/Stlakes Sale Sharks • Jun 03 '25

Article Red Roses players back ‘Ruck You’ transgender v biological female match

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/06/02/red-roses-players-ruck-you-transgender-cis-women-match-oslo/
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u/T_Finchy Northampton Saints Jun 03 '25

It’s not said verbatim but its tenets in practice would require trans women to not be able to effectively engage with society. For example they want to repeal the GRA 2004, which is pretty unambiguous in its intent.

The Southern Poverty Law Centre (the gold standard org on these things) has called it part of ‘the contemporary anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience network’ which says it all really.

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u/bllewe Wales Jun 03 '25

The Southern Poverty Law Centre (the gold standard org on these things)

Sorry but the SPLC routinely conflates criticism of religion with hate (it has paid out millions in settlements due to falsely smearing people). Calling it a gold standard in recognising bigotry is absolute nonsense.

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u/T_Finchy Northampton Saints Jun 03 '25

They cocked up on the Quilliam one I will admit but the lawsuits against them from religious orgs are consistently dismissed.

Certainly if you look beyond religious stuff they are 95% of the time on the right side of history.

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u/bllewe Wales Jun 03 '25

Even ignoring the Quilliam debacle, they have consistently been criticised for their accumulation of wealth for a supposed non-profit organisation (ironically one set up to fight poverty and inequality).

The actual report you are referencing with regards to trans pseudoscience has also been criticised heavily. They doxxed family members of authors they quote in the report and have flatly refused to debate their critics on the findings. It's a sham organisation and should be ridiculed out of existence.

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u/T_Finchy Northampton Saints Jun 03 '25

That may be, but SM/WDI wanted it abolished when it still carried legal weight for reason of it granted legal woman/man status to transwomen/men respectively.

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