Hello everyone,
I’m interested in gathering thoughts and perspectives, particularly from the trans community, regarding trans women’s participation in women’s sports. This is a topic that often sparks debate, and I want to understand the various viewpoints better.
My question is: What are your opinions on biologically male trans individuals competing in women’s sports? Do you think there should be separate categories for trans athletes, or should they compete in accordance with their gender identity? I am looking for thoughtful, respectful discussions, as my intention is not to discriminate but to understand the complexities of this issue better.
Thank you for sharing your insights!
I’m against it. Men and women are built differently. That’s the point.
You can’t take a pill, chop off some parts and be the other gender.
A men’s track and field Olympic gold medalist should not be able to then have his hormones suppressed then be able to compete in the women’s events. That does not undo all the development that occurred previously.
Teenagers are still developing, both mentally and physically. They should not be able to change either. A lot of things are happening and they don’t understand. The maturity needed to make such a decision is too big.
Could a white person identify as black? And vice versa? I see gender in a similar light.
A lot of comments here on adult competitive sports.
Any restrictions for school children would be highly invasive and detrimental to a child’s wellbeing. Many school contact sports will have weight grades, which suffice to manage risks.
Also bare in mind that in the current culture wars, you may have a fixed idea of what “trans” means that does not meet the myriad of actual circumstances.
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Not one single solitary person who cares so desperately about trans people in women’s sport has ever given one single solitary shit about women’s sports themselves. It’s just an excuse to practice their hatred while pretending to be righteous and Only Wanting What’s Fair. But it’s all about ethics in video game journalism, uhuh, sure.
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Trans women are women. Even if they had some statistical advantage, they aren’t taking away opportunities from women in sport, because they are women in sport. That’s like wanting to ban naturalised citizens from the workplace because they’re wrecking the economy by taking jobs away from [nationality] people.
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Spend a couple of years on oestrogen, see how much upper body strength advantage you retain. It’ll be somewhere between fuck and all.
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Jesus fucking christ do trans teenagers not have it hard enough without people wanting to make their lives more shit out of spite? Fuck I hate humans.
We should ban cisgender women from sports because they have an unfair advantage.
We invented women’s sports so that people who were disadvantaged through no fault of their own could have a space to compete. Excluding trans women is a betrayal of the entire reason women’s sports exist.
Trans people were allowed to compete in the Olympics in 2004. The first trans person won an Olympic medal in 2021. That’s 15 years. I don’t have to tell you how many hundreds of medals were awarded to cis athletes in that time.
It’s harder to be a trans woman athlete than a cis woman athlete. There is no competitive advantage when looking at the actual numbers from the real world.
