RE: Trans people & sports
April 19, 2017 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2017 at 10:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Why isn't it surprising?
If a person undergoes ftm hormone therapy they are buying -in- to the advantages that an mtf is opting out of...and we are proposing that there might be some residual advantage there...aren't we? Isn't that why we sanction female athletes for doping in the first place?
The weightlifter, for example, who holds the 90kg title total (who did get pinched for doping, btw, lol). Say she transitioned, and upped her testosterone levels accordingly? Do you think that she might have a competitive advantage over some of the male weightlifters in her newer, slimmer class? Her performance, as a cis female, is already within the range of olympic competition for a cis male in her weightclass.
If a person undergoes ftm hormone therapy they are buying -in- to the advantages that an mtf is opting out of...and we are proposing that there might be some residual advantage there...aren't we? Isn't that why we sanction female athletes for doping in the first place?
The weightlifter, for example, who holds the 90kg title total (who did get pinched for doping, btw, lol). Say she transitioned, and upped her testosterone levels accordingly? Do you think that she might have a competitive advantage over some of the male weightlifters in her newer, slimmer class? Her performance, as a cis female, is already within the range of olympic competition for a cis male in her weightclass.
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