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Rubbing Our Faces in It

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Sep 03, 2024
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He’s just rubbing it in our faces now - literally.

Italian transgender runner Valentina Petrillo told journalists that competing at the Paralympics was …

“A dream that I had since I was a little girl.”

That Petrillo is 51-years-old and did not start identifying as a woman at age 45 makes that unlikely.

But that’s hey, if you’re going to pretend you’re a woman, why stop there?

Petrillo has a degenerative eye condition, and unlike many others in the same category, doesn’t run with a guide. He towered over his opponents.

Now the LGBTQIA+ enthusiasts will argue that since the woman with the man-bulge failed to make the final (he finished third in the semi) no harm was done.

In fact, this is proof that trans athletes will not dominate female sport as feared.

Er, not so fast …

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