SCOTUS Catch-all |

[nycfan]

I wish this issue didn’t exist, such a stupid distraction from all the other shit out there.

That said I’m struggling why anyone would argue that it’s fair for a biological boy who is post-puberty, regardless of stage of transition, to compete against biological girls in sports. Especially in weight events in track and field? But really any sport where speed/strength/muscle development is implicated. Which is pretty much all of them.

I’m pro-trans rights but this seems self-evidently an unfair advantage and not remotely worth the fight. What am I missing?

FTR, The girl in the WVa case before SCOTUS had puberty blocking treatment pre-puberty and then estrogen and other hormone treatments. She never went through male puberty. She was a poor x-country runner who moved to shotput in track and field and took years to get pretty good at that.

I wonder if a compromise to get people to have time to see any impact but also permit trans kids to be full members of their communities could be to only permit trans students to compete in non-contact, non-ball sports (so limit to cross country, track, swimming and similar), and then whatever level they finish is a tie with the next down athlete. Maybe two people win the shotput as a result, maybe they tie for fifth.

The issue (well, one of many issues) is someone might claim they didn’t make their HS track team b/c a trans student was given a spot. So the battle would continue.

It is terrible to me that people are so cruel about this and blowing up something impacting maybe only a few trans kids in a lot of states, but clearly people need time to learn that there is no harm including a handful of trans kids in the community of sports. People have been convinced they are somehow protecting their girls by isolating and shaming a tiny handful of trans girls who just want to play sports with other girls. It’s so depressing.