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Transgender Athletes

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larkim Dec 2021 2:05pm, 3 Dec 2021 16,203 posts	Quote Pin larkim That's only worse though if you disagree with it. It's not an approach I would instinctively come up with for a hard contact sport like kickboxing, but I'd at least give them a hearing to listen to why they've made that choice.
MsG Dec 2021 2:35pm, 3 Dec 2021 1,990 posts	Quote Pin MsG Recent illustration from collegiate swimming in the US outkick.com IMO this is unfair to biological females - how can Thomas's inclusion outweigh the right of women to fair competition. This photo from the Olympics of the mixed relay swimming team illustrates the physical differences too. twitter.com
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jun 2022 10:14pm, 21 Jun 2022 8,943 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain Seems like this thread is relevant again given the recent news on sports opting to act on the evidence of the permanent benefits of undergoing a male puberty.
The_Saint Jun 2022 12:24pm, 22 Jun 2022 6,958 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint The swimming proposal for an open transgender category seems the fairest for everyone.
larkim Jun 2022 1:09pm, 22 Jun 2022 18,115 posts	Quote Pin larkim As an opinion-free comment, it's interesting to see that after a few years of very intense and heated debate on both sides, that many governing bodies are finding that they need to be coming to points of decision.
MudMeanderer Jun 2022 7:27pm, 22 Jun 2022 2,244 posts	Quote Pin MudMeanderer I'm not how much awareness there is of just what a Pandora's Box that may be opened by this, well beyond exclusion of a subset of individuals from one competitive category. This legislation proposed by Ohio Republicans was reported in several sources a short while ago. It's odious and is little more than creating a mandate for sexual abuse, but is quickly where moving beyond self identification can lead. washingtonpost.com
Vixx Jun 2022 9:37pm, 22 Jun 2022 1,648 posts	Quote Pin Vixx I have a friend who went to the Olympics - genital inspections for female athletes were going on in the late 80s and 90s so that's actually nothing new. They said they had to go through it twice and they are a biological female.
jda Jun 2022 9:45pm, 22 Jun 2022 12,776 posts	Quote Pin jda That wapo article was about school sports not the Olympics.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jun 2022 9:47pm, 22 Jun 2022 8,950 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Degrees of Pain I'm not how much awareness there is of just what a Pandora's Box that may be opened by this, well beyond exclusion of a subset of individuals from one competitive category. This legislation proposed by Ohio Republicans was reported in several sources a short while ago. It's odious and is little more than creating a mandate for sexual abuse, but is quickly where moving beyond self identification can lead. washingtonpost.com The acceptance of scientific facts around the impact of a male puberty to protect sport for women who didn't get such a benefit should have nothing whatsoever to do with the obnoxious activities of mostly white and male far right politicians!
Vixx Jun 2022 3:39am, 23 Jun 2022 1,649 posts	Quote Pin Vixx My friend was 16 when it was first done, and not then an Olympian. I think it's awful for it to have to happen at all, regardless. Nobody should have to have that happen.