Tim Piper
@tpiper.bsky.social
Asst. Professor. Media scholar of identity, industry, and history. He/him.
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What pains me the most about this week has been the sheer scope of the silence from the women’s sports world as trans women and girls are being banned.
this week it feels like i've failed at my job
The trans community is grieving, and the sports world is silent.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Just as sport was a space for test-driving and spreading anti-trans messaging and policies, it doubles as a platform for fightback against the ongoing horror show, write @julesboykoff.bsky.social and Satoko Itani: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Anti-Trans Executive Order Shows That Sports Are Never Just Sports | Common Dreams
The steady flow of anti-trans bigotry in sport was the gateway to full-throttle demonization under Trump.
www.commondreams.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just as sport was a space for test-driving and spreading anti-trans messaging and policies, it doubles as a platform for fightback against the ongoing horror show, write @julesboykoff.bsky.social and Satoko Itani: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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I wrote for @defector.bsky.social about the federal bill to ban trans girls from school sports, the history of surveillance in sports, and why this legislation is part of a much bigger, more violent project:
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The Trans Sports Ban Portends Something Much Darker | Defector
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban trans girls and women from every level of sport, in every state in America. The text of the cynically titled “Protection of Wo...
defector.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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👇👇 You should read this today (and then you should read Josie’s book)
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
👇👇 You should read this today (and then you should read Josie’s book)