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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That is false. Supporting trans people using facilities matching their gender identity does not imply support for child marriage, honor killings, or "Sharia justice." U.S. government cannot establish religious law, and courts remain bound by the Constitution and applicable federal and state law.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So you claim. But such claims are not based on evidence. Again, there is no evidence that, when following established sporting guidelines, transgender individuals have been performing at disproportionate rates to cisgender individuals. You have no evidence to provide in response, so you just say "no

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If there's anything that you don't understand about the facts I stated, then I'd be happy to clarify for you. But just responding to such facts with what might as well ammount to "nuh uh, actually ur wrong" doesn't contribute to a productive discussion.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Observable reality demonstrates otherwise. There has been no evidence that, when following established sporting guidelines, trans individuals have been performing at disproportionate rates to cis individuals. Even if there was, that would just call for guideline revision, not segregating minorities.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Strawman, as no one here is saying they're not against men harming women.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You're delusional if you think people are claiming transgender people have some magical ability to never commit crimes that cis people don't have. The fact is there has been no evidence of facilities becoming less safe for everywhere that doesn't segregate vulnerable minority groups.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He's using transphobic insults because of how she supports transgender people.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I already explained why your fearmongering is unfounded. Just calling women men and acknowledging the fact that people can commit crimes doesn't change the facts I stated.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Your fearmongering is unfounded and directly contradicted by observable reality, where it's already 100% legal for individuals in the vast majority of the U.S. to use facilities that align with their gender identity regardless of their sex assigned at birth, as such inclusion is vital to wellbeing.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nobody outside of your delusions is saying that they only care about trans kids.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Being transgender isn't about being a man who feels like a woman, nor is it defined as that in any medical/psychological context. What are you talking about? There's no evidence that allowing individuals to use facilities that align with their gender identity lowers safety levels. Just the opposite.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

No, that is not the reason why.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

LGBTQ individuals are extensively documented to disproportionately face issues that general counselors can have less experience with, such as rejection after coming out, family conflict over identity, harassment, discrimination, and odds that a counselor will react negatively to being gay or trans.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Your baseless claim is factually incorrect. Over here in reality, being transgender isn't defined as a mental illness based on extensive credible evidence held to rigorous standards of peer review and independent scrutiny by every major medical/psychological body on the planet.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nobody here said they don't care about suicidal people depending on their sexuality.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why do you believe that? Just referring to backlash towards harm?

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That is false. A correction shows an error was found and fixed, not that peer review was "obviously" invalid. It corrected power calculations, while the reported VO2max result remained unchanged. Calling an unchanged published result "disinformation" doesn't rebut it.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Right, low evidence. Then you're turning that limitation into evidence of an advantage, making segregation default. The study's 30 trans women had fitness measures similar to 15 cis women and significantly below men. Athlete data separately found trans women had lower relative VO2max than cis women

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Physical Fitness and Exercise Performance of Transgender Women - PubMed

Transgender women demonstrated similar levels of reference standard measures of physical fitness to females that were significantly lower than males.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You're confusing a curated list of trans wins with a rate. Without total trans entries, losses and matched cis results, those sites can't show "growing dominance." The 2024 study found trans women had lower relative VO2max but higher grip strength. Its correction changed power calculations, not VO2.

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Correction:Strength, power and aerobic capacity of transgender athletes: a cross-sectional study

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If some women feel discomfort, that doesn't show inclusive policies increase danger. Actual crime data found no rise in assault, sex crimes, voyeurism, or stranger violence after such protections.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You're shifting from evidence to assumption. Allowing women to use women's facilities does not abolish women's spaces. Studies nationwide find no increase in assault, voyeurism, or stranger violence from inclusive policies, while trans people face documented harassment when excluded.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Your baseless claim is factually incorrect. Over here in reality, the well-established fact that transgender women are women is recognized based on extensive credible evidence held to rigorous standards of peer-review and independent scrutiny by every major medical/psychological body on the planet.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Again, facts aren't a popularity contest. Doesn't change the facts I stated. It's a proven fact that stigma is mitigated through education promoting acceptance and understanding towards natural variations of human diversity that exist.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No we don't. At least not in the vast majority of the U.S.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Facts aren't a popularity contest.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No we don't. At least not in the vast majority of the U.S.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@mary-hinge.bsky.social Yes, forcing people to not be able to use facilities that align with their gender identity is a bad thing, is detrimental to health and safety, and has provided no evidence of improving safety. Not sure why you blocked me for stating that fact.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Transgender people do not matter more then women. Nobody is claiming that. I do not hate women, no.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stigma, anxiety, depression and well-being are routinely measured with validated self-report instruments because they concern people's experiences and symptoms. This meta-analysis pooled 225 reports and 121,240 people, used multilevel methods, and formally tested publication bias.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forcing vulnerable minority groups to use facilities that don't align with their gender identity doesn't stop people from commiting crimes. There's no evidence that such segregation has improved safety in any metric. There's only evidence of the exact opposite: that it causes harm.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The reason I responded is because it can be important to address certain misconceptions, as their perpetuation is extensively documented in promoting demonstrable harms/stigma towards vulnerable minority groups, such as harms detailed in the previous source I provided.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your hypothetical doesn't show that trans-inclusive policies remove protections against predators. Assault, voyeurism and harassment remain illegal. Studies find no rise in safety or privacy violations under gender-identity protections. "This person looks wrong" isn't a valid excuse.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That just collates media reports of crimes by trans people. No one's claiming trans people are don't commit crimes. That's not evidence that trans inclusive bathroom rules cause more crime. Comparative crime data finds no increase in assaults, sex crimes, or voyeurism after such protections.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Having a penis or being visibly trans doesn't make someone a perpetrator. The relevant evidence is actual victimization. Studies found trans-inclusive restroom and locker-room policies did not increase assault or privacy violations. People should actually be able to use facilities they're safe in.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ile there is extensive credible evidence that being able to use facilities that align with your gender identity is vital to health and safety, which is why such inclusion is the norm in most of the U.S.

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Owen MacQueen @endomed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the vast majority of the U.S., bathrooms are not separated based solely on sex assigned at birth, no "their single sex spaces" is a generalization that's not consistently accurate. Everywhere that doesn't segregate vulnerable minority groups has demonstrated no increase in harm of any metric, wh-

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