The Gender Thread

[Grass Muncher]

My new pronouns are daddyself/handsomeboy. Feel free to use them from now on.

[Wayne Potgieter]

Rather than derail the running thread I'll put this here. Eddie Izzard has just completed 32 marathons in 31 days so is in the news a bit. What I didn't know is that Eddie recently asked to be called by she/her pronoun. 

 

The articles I've seen are honouring that, but social media is obviously more umm strongly opinionated.

 

I really applaud/praise Eddie for always pushing the gender boundaries in main(ish)stream since forever ago. It must be so lifechanging for normal people who are 'internalising' through similar decisions to see some high profile support and vocalisation, and potentially a teeny bit of acceptance.

Totally don't care what someone's preferred pronouns are. I am happy to oblige. If my life ever gets to a point that someone's choice of pronoun makes me angry or uncomfortable, then I am not living my best life. The most interesting part of your post is the 32 Marathons!

 

Holy Toledo, mad respect for her achieving this.

[Eldron]

Totally don't care what someone's preferred pronouns are. I am happy to oblige. If my life ever gets to a point that someone's choice of pronoun makes me angry or uncomfortable, then I am not living my best life. The most interesting part of your post is the 32 Marathons!

 

Holy Toledo, mad respect for her achieving this.

It's way cooler than you think. It was in South Africa as a tribute to Nelson Mandela! Well that one was some years ago - if she has done another one then double holy toledo!!

[Wayne Potgieter]

It's way cooler than you think. It was in South Africa as a tribute to Nelson Mandela! Well that one was some years ago - if she has done another one then double holy toledo!!

I was today years old.

[100Tours]

Complex issue: Protect women's sports while welcoming trans athletes (usatoday.com)

 

The Biden administration said that any school that receives federal funding must allow biological boys who self-identify as girls onto girls’ sports teams or face action from the federal government.

 

There is now some organised push back from a woman's group - on this one I do hope they succeed.

[Stretch]

It's way cooler than you think. It was in South Africa as a tribute to Nelson Mandela! Well that one was some years ago - if she has done another one then double holy toledo!!

I'll respect her pronoun. I likewise don't really care what people want to be referred by. There was the SA charity drive, then she ran one in every European city or something like that, and now this one

 

Was this time last year in fact:

"In February 2020 Eddie ran 28 marathons in 28 days, travelling all over Europe to run each marathon in a different European capital city. His incredible challenge raised over £140,000 ($184,000) for charity and highlighted Eddie's campaign to unite people, countries and communities."

[Eldron]

I'll respect her pronoun. I likewise don't really care what people want to be referred by. There was the SA charity drive, then she ran one in every European city or something like that, and now this one

 

Was this time last year in fact:

"In February 2020 Eddie ran 28 marathons in 28 days, travelling all over Europe to run each marathon in a different European capital city. His incredible challenge raised over £140,000 ($184,000) for charity and highlighted Eddie's campaign to unite people, countries and communities."

Triple Holy toledo!

 

Thanks for the info!

[Wayne Potgieter]

I'll respect her pronoun. I likewise don't really care what people want to be referred by. There was the SA charity drive, then she ran one in every European city or something like that, and now this one

 

Was this time last year in fact:

"In February 2020 Eddie ran 28 marathons in 28 days, travelling all over Europe to run each marathon in a different European capital city. His incredible challenge raised over £140,000 ($184,000) for charity and highlighted Eddie's campaign to unite people, countries and communities."

 

 

Triple Holy toledo!

 

Thanks for the info!

This line taken from her wiki is incredible

 

On 27 July 2009, with only 5 weeks' training and no significant prior running experience, Izzard began seven weeks of back-to-back marathon runs (with Sundays off) across the UK to raise money for Sport Relief.^[39

[Shebeen]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/riders-speak-out-following-transphobic-hate-after-emily-bridges-wins-gender-neutral-category-race

 

getting spicey in the UK