leroy
Well-Known Member
Transgender People and Sports, what should we do?
A current hot topic whithig the world of sports is “what should we do with transgender people”…….should a trans men participate as a women as or as men?
Possible solutions
1) People should participate according to their biological sex ,it doesn’t matter if you perceive yourself as a woman, if you have a testicles and a penis you should participate against other men
2) ´people should participate based on their gender, If you feel like a woman you should participate with other woman even if you have a penis….
3) Make a separate category where trans compete against each other
4) Accept the fact that sports are usually organized by private companies so simply allow them to impose their own rules, if you don’t like them then do not support those sports…. In other words we (society) have not a say….. Allow private companies to do what they what
5) Remove the binary nature of sports, no more women and men competing in separate categories, they all play against each other, in some sports woman would be favored, in other sports men would be favored,
6) More divisions: ignore sex and gender, and make more divisions divide athletes by amount of hormones, muscular mass, weight etc. or any other metric relevant for that particular sport, so regardless if you are men or women you will play against people with say a similar muscular mass than you…. … for example if a man a trans a and woman have similar muscular mass, they could participate in the same category in sports where muscular mass is relevant. … if anyone has more muscular mass than the other the he/she can´t compete in that categorty
7 some other solution?
In my opinion all these solutions have advantages and disadvantages, just wondering if you have thought about this topic and what solution would you propose?
A current hot topic whithig the world of sports is “what should we do with transgender people”…….should a trans men participate as a women as or as men?
Possible solutions
1) People should participate according to their biological sex ,it doesn’t matter if you perceive yourself as a woman, if you have a testicles and a penis you should participate against other men
2) ´people should participate based on their gender, If you feel like a woman you should participate with other woman even if you have a penis….
3) Make a separate category where trans compete against each other
4) Accept the fact that sports are usually organized by private companies so simply allow them to impose their own rules, if you don’t like them then do not support those sports…. In other words we (society) have not a say….. Allow private companies to do what they what
5) Remove the binary nature of sports, no more women and men competing in separate categories, they all play against each other, in some sports woman would be favored, in other sports men would be favored,
6) More divisions: ignore sex and gender, and make more divisions divide athletes by amount of hormones, muscular mass, weight etc. or any other metric relevant for that particular sport, so regardless if you are men or women you will play against people with say a similar muscular mass than you…. … for example if a man a trans a and woman have similar muscular mass, they could participate in the same category in sports where muscular mass is relevant. … if anyone has more muscular mass than the other the he/she can´t compete in that categorty
7 some other solution?
In my opinion all these solutions have advantages and disadvantages, just wondering if you have thought about this topic and what solution would you propose?