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we are going to continue to see huge increases in openly transgender people competing in sport We're discussing literally the first trans woman to compete at t

we are going to continue to see huge increases in openly transgender people competing in sport We're discussing literally the first trans woman to compete at the Olympics. Obviously going from 0 to 1 is a huge increase in percentage terms, but there's no evidence that it's going to continue to the point where women's sports are 'destabilised'.

asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
First trans woman in the Olympics and she is essentially guaranteed to win the gold based on the numbers she put up during qualification. We are seeing high school and college athletics grappling with this issue. While it's early days, it's hard to picture a scenario where the Olympics can avoid making a decision on this over the long run.
busymom0 5y ago
Olympics is like the end stage. Transgender people competing in sport has been a common thing for past 3-4 years now. I personally know 3 girls who lost their sports scholarships to multiple transgender competing and taking all the top spots. A girl who's case is heading up to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit wrote a post on USAToday a month ago before USAToday edited her post without her permission and made changes to it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/22/transgender-athletes-girls-women-sports-track-connecticut-column/5149532001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/22/transgende... She did an interview last week: https://youtu.be/5HYL9pJGs8w https://youtu.be/5HYL9pJGs8w