So you're saying most Mastadon servers won't block servers that allow "TERF"s (a term which includes the very mainstream view that transwomen shouldnt be allowed in woman's sports)?

Many probably will, but they won't recursively block every other server that declines to block those servers, as repeatedly alleged.

Not the primary topic, but TERF also gets outraged when transmen participate in sports (basically regardless of which gender they compete for) and demand genital checks of adolescents and kids.

The absolutely miniscule issue of, like, 5 transwomen competiting is just good sounding excuse.

I'm not familiar with that term and the subject, what's the issue with checking someone fit in the corresponding physical category? Sport is all about the physical body and performance, not about personality. Physical categories could be abandoned, but if they are maintained there then it's seems logical to check, maybe with a more scientific test like testosterone level being into a range. Regardless of gender people would then compete in their (testosterone?) class, like weight classes exists in some sports.

Yeah, I take issue with forcing anyone including 13 years old to undergo genital checks. It is literally in the sexual harassments category and massively humiliating.

Also, if there is manufactured controversy, it is this one. It is not like there would be hundreds of trans women destroying female sport. This issue exists purely to outrage people and to be cruel to few that exist.

weird take imo, I played multiple sports in highschool and every year I had to go have a doctor (always female, but I'm supposed to be ok with this I guess, but I wasn't) handle my genitals or I wouldn't be allowed to compete.

That is definitely not normal.

It's extremely normal https://www.virtua.org/articles/turn-your-head-and-cough-the...

You clearly didn't play any sports, or you're female, I suppose.

What's even the point of having sports separated into women's and “men's” if anyone can just choose where to participate?

Which is not situation at all, nor was there any threat of that happening.

I have never seen people called "TERF"s being against transmen in men's sports, only transwomen. Haven't seen one demand genital checks either.

I think TERF includes a bit more than just that opinion on sports.

That opinion is the minimum required for the label. Any prohibition of transwomen from a woman's space is enough, though most "TERF"s will prohibit all pre-op transwomen from all woman's spaces.

Many Mastodon instances do block instances which allow transphobes, yes. However, it's very rarely _transitive_, is the point; few Mastodon instances will block instances which do not block instances which allow transphobes.

Counterexample: EFnet