[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by BBXX

Well she isn't trans, she's from a country where it would be illegal to be so. She's lived her entire life as a female and is legally that after having been assigned it at birth.

Regarding the statement that allowing trans women to compete creates a disproportionate competition... sometimes, yes. many other times, no.

Non-Athletic Trans women who have undergone gender affirming treatment often end up with similar body make-up to cis women in terms of lean mass vs fat mass body composition as well as grip strength, which is a widely seen as the illustrator for upper body strength. This is often 25% less than cis men and in line with cis women's grip strength.

As there are so few trans people and such little participation from trans people in professional sport, such research like the above for athletes is slow and rare, and so often organisational bodies in sports will use the above results as a benchmark to determine legislation on trans inclusion in sports.

I personally think the allowance of transgender athletes should be done on a case by case basis on the assessment of their progression in their trans journey and as a result their biological make-up and how it compares with other cis women.

Based on results from research about the effects of gender affirming care and the affect is had on someones physical make up, muscle mass, strength and body composition, to say allowing all trans women to compete in women's sporting events creates a skewed competition in favour of trans women is not true. That sweeping statement is probably what people are denying. People informing you that what you're saying is not correct isn't you being gaslit.

Sports organisations will never do this, mainly because the competitors and viewers will want clarity on which version of the Sport that they're taking part in/viewing in the audiences case.