This sort of common sense fact-based reality simply will not do.
syncromorphic
3 years ago
This is the kinda of sensationalist very rare phenomenon that comes up in the media to kind of prove ‘how silly us trans people are and we need to just grow a pair and stop being special snowflakes.
I’m a trans man, and i have competed in sports and severely lost everytime because i was at a biological disadvantage but i enjoy taking part and I don’t kick up a fuss about it, most trans people are just trying to live their lives and enjoy the same things everyone else does.
I think trans women who take estrogen and or hormone blockers are probably at a disadvantage compared to biologically female athletes because often athletic women actually have naturally high levels of testosterone compared to average females and have naturally higher estrogen too than the amount prescribed to trans women (estrogen is also anabolic, muscle building) .. but those trans women who still compete while at a disadvantage probably also just want to take part and while still beIng themselves. I think that is fair enough. They are chosing to be at a disadvantage in sport so they can live a life that fits with their sense of self, that is quite a sacrifice that possibly a lot of cis female athletes might not choose if they had that choice themselves.
If a trans women is not taking HRT or hormone blockers, she is at an advantage and should compete against other people with similar advantages .. in this case it would probably be Men.
Categories in sport are not about identity they are about advantage. Otherwise i think sport would be mixed. For example I identified as Male before i took hormones, i did not really mind being classified as female in the competition.. because i did have female biological limitations.
In fact i would suggest we have even MORE categories based on advantage.. why stop there!
why not have high jump for short people for the short people who always wanted to compete but were at a disadvantage?
I’m fairly short for a man and it is a disadvantage in loads of sport, lets have a short persons strongman competition! We have weight catagories .. we could have more!
At the end of the day sport is a pretty useless but enjoyable part of society .. we basically just like watching beautiful genetics freaks do amazing things we could never imagine doing for our amusement… so I don’t really see why trans people can’t be included in that.
This sort of common sense fact-based reality simply will not do.
This is the kinda of sensationalist very rare phenomenon that comes up in the media to kind of prove ‘how silly us trans people are and we need to just grow a pair and stop being special snowflakes.
I’m a trans man, and i have competed in sports and severely lost everytime because i was at a biological disadvantage but i enjoy taking part and I don’t kick up a fuss about it, most trans people are just trying to live their lives and enjoy the same things everyone else does.
I think trans women who take estrogen and or hormone blockers are probably at a disadvantage compared to biologically female athletes because often athletic women actually have naturally high levels of testosterone compared to average females and have naturally higher estrogen too than the amount prescribed to trans women (estrogen is also anabolic, muscle building) .. but those trans women who still compete while at a disadvantage probably also just want to take part and while still beIng themselves. I think that is fair enough. They are chosing to be at a disadvantage in sport so they can live a life that fits with their sense of self, that is quite a sacrifice that possibly a lot of cis female athletes might not choose if they had that choice themselves.
If a trans women is not taking HRT or hormone blockers, she is at an advantage and should compete against other people with similar advantages .. in this case it would probably be Men.
Categories in sport are not about identity they are about advantage. Otherwise i think sport would be mixed. For example I identified as Male before i took hormones, i did not really mind being classified as female in the competition.. because i did have female biological limitations.
In fact i would suggest we have even MORE categories based on advantage.. why stop there!
why not have high jump for short people for the short people who always wanted to compete but were at a disadvantage?
I’m fairly short for a man and it is a disadvantage in loads of sport, lets have a short persons strongman competition! We have weight catagories .. we could have more!
At the end of the day sport is a pretty useless but enjoyable part of society .. we basically just like watching beautiful genetics freaks do amazing things we could never imagine doing for our amusement… so I don’t really see why trans people can’t be included in that.