In a contentious and misleading post on social media, JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, launched an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Vance falsely accused Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of being transgender, causing widespread condemnation and backlash from human rights advocates.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    3 months ago

    Okokok

    Let’s assume that Khelif is taking androgen enhancers (she doesn’t look like it given her shoulders but for the sake of argument).

    Are Republicans unaware that women can gear up for bodybuilding without being trans? Are they unaware that butch lesbians exist?

    Just like cishet men can choose to get eyeliner permanently tattooed on without being trans? Are they unaware that metrosexuals exist?

    • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I have nothing to add, and for the record I agree with your argument.

      But holy fuck, is tattooed eyeliner really a thing? I’ve never gotten a tattoo, but that one sounds unbearably painful.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        3 months ago

        Yeah it sounds insanely unpleasant, but beauty is pain.

        And either he has it permanent or he wears heavy eyeliner every day, all day, and never smears it.

      • invertedspear@lemm.ee
        3·
        3 months ago

        My mom did tattoo makeup the last several years of her life. They use much finer needles than regular tattoos, which she had a few of as well. She said it wasn’t that bad and worth no longer having makeup in her routine.

      • databender@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Not too bad from the accounts I’ve heard; my wife trained for this before we stopped doing body art. A lot of women get it when their hands shake too badly to apply makeup well.