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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 12h

IF governments are serious about regional recovery, they need to stop using the Murray–Darling Basin as a political football — and start rebuilding the industries they helped dismantle.

Every megalitre taken out takes another job, another family, another small business.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 12h

MOMENTS: The best things in life are not things they are MOMENTS

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 12h

This pic of my daughter Kirby in 2006 just weeks after my gender confirmation surgery.
Kirby said to me she would never leave me until I became a lady.

Kirby became my mentor a big sister at first. She taught me how to be a lady.

The 2nd photo is a copy of a message Kirby sent me last week❤️

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 21h

Your courage is a powerful inspiration, Sister, and sharing your story will undoubtedly uplift and motivate countless individuals.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 21h

Jane I am deeply moved by your resilience as a trans child who faced torture. Witnessing the profound love between you and your wife is a truly breathtaking sight, one that I consider the most beautiful phenomenon I have encountered in my life.

Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 22h

A decades-old psychiatric study is influencing current debates over transgender youth healthcare.

A must watch #Trigger warning discussions about conversion practices.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... via @ABCaustralia

Decades-old study influences modern trans youth healthcare debate

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

www.abc.net.au

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 22h

A decades-old psychiatric study is influencing current debates over transgender youth healthcare.

A must watch #Trigger warning discussions about conversion practices.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... via @ABCaustralia

Decades-old study influences modern trans youth healthcare debate

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

www.abc.net.au

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Gender strength differences are quantitative rather than qualitative.

Although 👨‍🦰 usually have larger muscles than 💁, the force exerted by equal-sized muscles is the same in both genders.

Muscle tissue is essentially the same regardless of gender.

brzycki.scholar.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...

brzycki.scholar.princeton.edu

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

I am 5'8", & 63 kgs with a BMI of 21 & Beyonce is 5'6", & 60 kgs with a BMI of 21.

That makes us both Beyonce & me well within the "normal" range.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

FACT ~ We live in a world where being labelled a racist, homophobe, transphobe, fascist or bigot is widely regarded as more egregious than being the victim of racism, homophobia, transphobia, bigotry or fascism.

youtu.be/PCbnyoDqE7o?...

AMAZING LBC Caller, BEST Call Of The Week?

YouTube video by Daily Blasé

youtu.be

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

You should hook up with J Harper to record your performances.

Reposted by Kirsti Miller

KyliEEK Woyote @kylora2112.bsky.social · 1d

6 months of HRT took 7 MPH/20% off my candlepin bowling speed (from 35 MPH to 28 MPH) with the same technique.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA, prior to being transphobic they were homophobes, before, that they were racists, before that sexists before that - whoever it's trendiest & most socially acceptable to be hateful towards at the moment & they're usually still all of those things anyways & not even secretly.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Gender clinic waiting times are ‘disappointing but unsurprising’.
➡️ bit.ly/48RKFvn

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

I believe it's ultimately a question of how long that treatment should be for each sport; however, data must do the talking for me.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Trans women do not equate to c1s men in either physiological or performance terms.

I firmly believe testosterone suppression coupled with estrogen supplementation is the best way to make decisions for the eligibility of the female category of sport.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Trans women are physiologically different from men even before the onset of GAHT, hence I believe the basis of any blanket ban policy is flawed.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

This results in what we call reduced fat-free mass. Fat provides resistance for movement, as opposed to a muscle, which provides torque for movement. Consequently, the more fat-free mass someone has, the better athlete they are likely to be — independent of sex or skill level.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Additionally, estrogen supplementation greatly increases the total body fat percentage in trans women (20 to 34%) increase in just the first 12 months.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

While GAHT cannot shrink bones, suppressed testosterone does result in reduced bone mineral density, reduced muscle mass, reduced strength, it inhibits the ability to build as much muscle as those who have normal concentrations of testosterone.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

With the reduction of the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in 🩸 to cis F levels after around 3m of GAHT, & a trans woman's body will be significantly underpowered.

Trans women have less delivery of oxygen to their working muscles which produces a higher rate of metabolites & results in muscle fatigue.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

FACT~ Sex is dynamic, things like genitalia can be changed.

Physical performance is also dynamic, it's not set at birth or puberty.

For example it only takes trans woman and trans men 3 months to attain sis levels of hemoglobin.

www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...

Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?

Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women.

www.transresearch.org.au

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

When sports determine the fairness of a disabled athlete's right to compete in the able bodied category the disabled athlete rightly so gets assessed on a case-by-case basis.

A case-by-case approach is a must for trans athlete's, they are just as diverse as disabled athletes!

Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Here is @RogerPielkeJr
Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes👏👏

I agree with Roger.

Athletes cis or trans should be looked at individually & holistically, that they are a sum of all their advantages & disadvantages which result in performance.

youtu.be/2-ohQiLWWwA?...

Roger PielkeJr Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes.

YouTube video by Kirsti Miller30

youtu.be

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Here is @RogerPielkeJr
Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes👏👏

I agree with Roger.

Athletes cis or trans should be looked at individually & holistically, that they are a sum of all their advantages & disadvantages which result in performance.

youtu.be/2-ohQiLWWwA?...

Roger PielkeJr Making Complete Sense of the Debate Over Transgender Athletes.

YouTube video by Kirsti Miller30

youtu.be

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

It is the disparity in size/strength, speed & physique that is relevant, not the source of the disparity. Assessing any group of athletes as a monolithic group especially amongst trans athletes is deeply flawed. Trans is an umbrella term many different body types & stages of transition.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

Under these guidelines all trans women are eligible to compete in women’s Community Football competitions, with a clear process to address any unacceptable safety risks to either the trans player or other players.

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