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Poilievre says 'biological males' should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by wise_pancake@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.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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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That feels like one of those cases where someone should step in and separate her because that situation sounds uncomfortable for everyone… or even bringing a screen to separate her if they don’t have access to another space for her to change.

There’s not that many trans people, it feels like accommodating this would be easy.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most boys are perfectly capable of being in the same room as a penis without losing their minds. If we're going to end segregation then we need to get everyone comfortable with being in the same room as other naked people. I say we give those pervy cis girls some mandatory sensitivity training on when it is not appropriate to look at other people's junk.