Separate League Is Latest Transoversy
By Bob Small
The latest transoversy: Should there be separate leagues for transexuals engaged in amateur athletics.?
One reason for this is purely statistical. Shouldn’t we have four lanes for stats; i.e., men. women, MTF and FTM, or do the numbers really matter?
Well, even amateur sports declare a champion and winners of individual meets, so, rightly or wrongly, most societies emphasize winning, and, mostly, in what is considered a “fair” manner, without any performance enhancing drugs or operations, etc .
“If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take away medals away from females,” said Trans Activist Caitlin Jenner. At the same time “Trans women who transitioned before male puberty do not have a performance advantage”.
My addition to this is that, however you do it, it should be post op transexuals.
TheWorld Boxing Council believes this also.
Two of many dissenting views are Trans Girls Belong on Girls’ Sports Teams – Scientific American and Myths About Transgender Girls in Sports | ACLU of Iowa
Note “The Olympics have had trans-inclusive policies since 2004, but a single openly transexual athlete has yet to qualify.
Another voice for separate competitions is Let Trans Athletes Have Their Own Sport Competitions
“What about male transsexuals? Are they to have no competitive arenas of their own? Due to their use of estrogen, they are weaker and less competitive than otherwise would have been the case, but still far stronger than undrugged girls. And their female to male counterparts are stronger and thus more competitive than they were before, thanks to doses of testosterone, but still nowhere near the level of males. No, they should not be banished from sports rivalry. They, too, deserve to experience the joys of competition. They should be allowed to organize their own events, whether in high school, college or the Olympics. We already have the Paralympic Games. Why not also organize athletic games for transsexuals?
However, there have been some FTM exceptions (see below)
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/dear-schuyler/
https://us.srichinmoyraces.org/archives/1989/24hours/Whiting
Ethics Explainer: The Other – THE ETHICS CENTRE
One more voice;
An 8th Grade Girl Explains Why Male Athletes Should Not Be Allowed in …
In March of this year, the WAC (World Athletics Council) voted to exclude male athletes who have undergone male puberty from female World Ranking competition”.
Lastly, can we advance to the place where we are no longer “otherizing” Transexuals, athletes or not, once we’ve found agreement on the above issues.
Separate League Is Latest Transoversy
