1 hour ago, WDSmart said:

Thanks. What if they are a woman (trans man?), then can they play on the women's team AND/OR the men's team - in your opinion? 

Transgender people are not "pretending" to be a certain gender. They believe they are that gender. 

That's an interesting point.

 

With the hormone treatment transgengers go through, would a female transitioning to a male have higher levels of male hormones than a male transitioning to a female, thus making it unfair for them to play in the team corresponding to their birth gender?

 

If men are always men and must compete in men's events, a woman must always be a woman and compete in women's events, even if their testosterone levels are sky high.

 

 

 

 

28 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Sure but just because they believe something to be so doesn't make it a fact nor does it mean everyone else to believe it or go along with their fantasy.  I could believe I was Brad Pitt.  Does that then mean everyone else has to call me Brad and give me the right to sleep with Angelina Jolie?  Of course not.   

I was only responding to your use of the word "pretending." If you believe you are Brad Pitt and start calling yourself by his name, you are not pretending to be Brad Pitt. But no, that doesn't mean everyone else has to call you Brad Pitt. In fact, everyone else doesn't even have to call Brad Pitt Brad Pitt if they don't want to. And even the real Brad Pitt does not have the right to sleep with Angelina Jolie. Angelina does have the right to allow Brad Pitt to sleep with her.

On 11/27/2024 at 6:45 PM, Jingthing said:

So intersex people are what?

Look, other than intersex people etc. yes people are born male or female.

But then some people transition and they exist as human beings as well.

Of course a person born female is not the same as a transgender female but again transgender females exist in the world.

The point of objection to transgender females in women sports is that they usually come with "residual" male physical characteristics.

Declaring a preferred pronoun does not nullify that.