Do transgender girls have an unfair competitive advantage in sports?
The Women's Sports Policy Working Group, created by six scholars and elite athletes, says their proposal provides a "compromise" to this debate.
No trans people are in the group.https://bit.ly/3tzovXF
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Harper's study looked at eight trans women runners and found that they were more than 10 percent slower after transitioning with hormones.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/apr/01/sports-transgender-debate-compromise-not-conflict …
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LGBTQ+ advocates and trans athletes have largely denounced the working group as a disingenuous attempt to exclude trans girls, created without the input of trans athletes. None of the group's six members is transgender. https://bit.ly/3tzovXF pic.twitter.com/KB6edhlR31
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@APA recommends policies that allow trans kids to play on a sports team consistent with their gender identity, and notes that no study has shown that it impacts the nature of the sport.https://bit.ly/3tzovXFShow this thread -
Trans advocates say an untold number of trans kids are already playing on their schools' teams without issue and that trans athletes come under scrutiny only when they win — a fixation that they say betrays the spirit and intent of sports.https://bit.ly/3tzovXF
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"What they're asking for as a complete guarantee on winning,"
@chelseawolfebmx said. "And winning is not a human right. Participation in sport is a human right." More from@shoeleatherkate:https://bit.ly/3tzovXFShow this thread
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