eva01beserk said:
Wait a minute. I admit I could not read that entire thing as it was long as hell. But did he right in any part that he, the american people, jk Rowling or anybody was against trans right?
If I'm not mistaken peoples opinion are just that. Are these people now trying to take anything away from trans like by law or kicking them out of private places? Cuz I really dont think theres any movement of the sort.
The only thing im aware is hapening is that they want men out of female sports. And that to me sounds simple. Just make a trans league. Because you can identify as what you want but the genetic benefits you have at births dont go away. The same as the benefits women have when they go on testosteron when they switch to being a man.
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I wouldn't try to claim people as a whole feel one way or another about trans issues. There are definitely varied opinions, and there are those would would make certain spaces cis-female only. Not sure exactly of Rowling's stance on that.
As for sports, I don't think a trans league is a viable option. It's taken a ridiculously long time just to make female sports commercially viable, and there is no realistic way 2 more leagues will be workable (mtf and ftm, although maybe only one because few people object to ftm athletes competing with men for obvious reasons). In terms of trans women competing in female categories it may depend on the sport. The way they examine it is typically through age grading. Meaning, if a male to female competitor were the 20th best man in the world before transition, and after transition they were the 20th best woman, it would, likely, mean that there was no advantage to transitioning. This tends to be the case in a lot of distance sports like running/swimming/cycling where the difference between men and women are not great to begin with (the world record for a marathon is only about 15 minutes apart for males and females). So, while I'm not an expert, I would tentatively say in this case, a trans woman competing would probably be fine. In sports like lifting, it seems to be the case that transition does not mitigate the advantage of being born male, so my tentative position would be mtf athletes should not be able to compete in that category.
That being said, it bears mentioning that even with people who aren't trans, there are issues. Castor Semenya is a South African runner who was assigned female at birth and identified female at birth, but is likely in some capacity intersex. Her testosterone levels are above limitations for women athletes, and there has been controversy over her ability to compete. She has not undergone any sort of hormone therapy to transition or anything. So, even when there are no trans people, there are still issues that can arise.
Sports in general though are far from the most important issue regarding trans rights. It is one that is frequently brought up because of the outsized importance we place on athletics. Firing someone for being trans for instance was perfectly legal until two years ago, and people are trying to get around that Supreme Court decision. I don't mean to devalue female sports but very few of us are going to ever be high level athletes, so on issues to figure out, I'd put that low on the totem pole.
Last edited by JWeinCom - on 20 March 2022