The debate over trans female athletes’ participation in school sports

1. What’s next? Dwarfs in the NBA? Grown men on children’s teams? Sports is inherently not inclusive – that’s kind of the whole point of sports. Extraordinary people excelling within arbitrary confines/rules. This isn’t a rights issue.

2. This is such a sticky, difficult issue. Of course trans people should be included, but at the same if there is a biological advantage in sports to being a trans woman, it is not fair to the other non-trans women. Is there a solution that can be inclusive and fair?

3. Can’t wait to see transgender athletes joining the WNBA and Women’s US soccer. Lol they’re already complaining about salary issues etc.

   Ooooh boy…

4. Apparently there are only about 40 trans women trying to compete in traditional women’s sporting competitions throughout the USA, maybe it is not as big a problem as this has been made to appear, it is only competition after all. I could be wrong but there certainly isn’t a lot of evidence to say this is such a huge inequity waiting to happen, especially in the scheme of things?
   I guess it could be put as a struggle between individual achievement and the betterment of society for all, I am prepared to be proved wrong but it hasn’t happened yet, I guess listening to generally entitled people complaining about a small decrease in their chance of extra privilege just isn’t doing it for me.
   But in the end is there ever a fair playing field really.

5. In 20 years, there will be no sports for people born female.

6. What about the girls who are doing things right ? In their " natural " order.

7. Lindsey is now living a lie. She is deceiving herself.

8. Isn’t there co-ed divisions? Women have worked so hard for the opportunity to compete. I feel for trans struggle but why are we destroying women’s opportunities? How is it fair that a bionic woman with inherent advantages get to compete against biological women? This is why the division in sports. Women can not compete with a male. Male genetic makeup gives them an advantage.

9. Where all the Feminists on this one ?

10. I love how they say the bills ban transathletes from sports. They aren't being banned from sport entirely!

11. Women's sports for biological women, not also for biological men too.

12. I love the amount of time, effort, and money being used to block 0.6% of the population. I would guess half of that population (at least) are over 18. So in fact, these laws probably block 0.3% of the population in total, but how many trans kids even do sports? The republicans are more concerned about laws impacting less than 0.3% of the population than worrying about things like income inequality, climate change, and COVID. You know, things that actually affect most of the population in the US.

13. Those two black guys should not be racing against women…

14. Not everyone"fits in" everywhere. Run somewhere else…

15. why are some of you QAnon crazies complaining? this video does a fair job of getting both side.

    wtf are you on about "pushing a narrative" just stfu already.

16. So because you didn’t win a race you’re blaming trans people? Wow

17. Co-Ed league argument over.

18. Maybe we should use critical thinking about our society above reactive emotions.

19. She looks like a fucking dude let me guess Lindsay was called liam six month ago

20. This is ridiculous, as long as the transgirls take hormones then they do not have an advantage. The benefits that men have is because of the testerone, which makes their bones denser and it easier to get muscle mass. Also a lot of transgender youth took puberty blockers when they were young so they never even gained the supposed advantage people are arguing.

21. There is not any real people out there that actually support any of this all you have to do is read the comment section under any video under any main stream media outlet it doesn’t matter if it’s Republican or Democrat most of the time the people are against it

22. Well not to hurt your feelings but you’re actually pretending to be a woman because biologically you were born a man so you weren’t pretending to be a man you’re pretending now deep down there’s balls

23. Lol

24. My daughter loves to play football so I signed her up for the mens league. I figure that if she's going to get beaten apon by men, it may as well be by real ones.

25. If a girl is 4ft tall in middle school and a boy is 6ft…math tells us hell win no matter how hard she trains. He can be out.of shape and she can be perfect and he'll win based on stride length alone. It's unfair to women. If a male still has height and muscle mass advantages it's not fair. I want trans to have a league. If they black and white their should be grey. God made everything

26. So Lindsay competed on the boys team all 4 years of high school, but now is claiming exclusion because he's not allowed to race women in college?

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