OT "I'm Dealing With A Few Transgender Issues"

It's the right thing to do.

 

If this is true, it's tough to argue against the decision.

 

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has issued some changes, as well.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a40320907/uci-transgender-policy-2022/

The UCI Announces Changes to Its Policy on Transgender Athletes
CYCLING’S INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY EXTENDS TRANSITION TIME AND LOWERS TESTOSTERONE THRESHOLD FOR COMPETITION.

On June 16, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) adjusted its racing and competition policy for transgender athletes. The new regulations were outlined quietly in a press release and will go into effect on July 1.

The key changes are two-fold. First, the transition period on low testosterone has been extended to 24 months from the previous 12-month period. Second, the UCI has halved the maximum permitted plasma testosterone level from 5 nmol/L to 2.5 nmol/L..............

 

completely agree.

 

Wait. What? The right wing nuts are actually choosing to believe in science??? Only when it's convenient I guess.....what a surprise.

 

So they won't qualify as women if they got the transition after the age of 12?

As I've always said, if society says they are women, they should be able to compete in women's sports. These "IF ANDS" only confuses the issue even more.

 

Disagree. Sports classifications should be based on measurables.

Social acceptance and openness have nothing to do with competition in sports and it would be a mistake to mix the two.

As long as anybody who can naturally compete is allowed at the highest level, classifications at lower levels should be determined by the sport.

 

Then they are second class citizens then in their gender.

Society can't tell us:

• This transgender person is a woman
• She should use the women's room
• We should refer to her as a woman
• Its a hate crime if you misgender this woman
• She should have all rights that a woman should have
• Sports? Nah, its unfair to women for her to compete as a woman

Mixed messages and confusion.

 

Society doesn't determine sports classifications and it should not. Nobody who can naturally qualify should be banned from playing at the highest level (or an open level). And I don't know of any sport which disallows this.

It makes no sense to confuse societal rights with sports classications... This comes off as a dishonest argument, IMO. People trying to push their own hangups off on others.

 

I've been to a couple drag performances, should I be investigated?

 

Warner Media and Human Rights Campaign collaborated on a film Let Us Play, in which young trans and non-binary athletes discuss importance of sports to them. View at hrc.im/letusplay.

 

I think men should be able to compete with women as long as they've had their genitals removed and are getting estrogen injections.

 

Yep, Pirates and Captains usually didnt know how to swim, so they wouldn't desert or swim to freedom.

 

Okay, smart guy. If you wanna talk about trans girls' junk, then I'll oblige you.

First off, you can take pills instead of injecting, and your balls shrivel up on their own without the need to have them removed. I produce less testosterone than most cis women, and have for literally years now. I don't even need to tuck, because estrogen shrinks your dick so much. You couldn't find my balls with a map and GPS. My ass is fucking *juicy* now because I'm pumped up with enough progesterone to give birth. My hips have rotated, and my tits are so huge without any surgeries that I can't run without hitting my own chin.

It's difficult as hell being a trans woman, but not for the reasons you think. Mostly it's about not being able to open jars and constantly being hit on by cute girls who work at coffee shops. I can't tell you how many phone numbers I've walked away with just by smiling at them and saying hi. I couldn't do sports if I wanted because I'm so busy juggling my four girlfriends I'm too exhausted from the amazing sex to even think about basketball anymore.

But, if trans women want to compete in sports, they should be allowed to if they've been on estrogen two years. If cis men want to compete against women, then all they should have to do is get on estrogen for two years. I bet a good portion of them will be so happy with the estrogen they'll forget to stop taking it.

 

This is funny and cute but a subset of porn, especially specific fetishes like trans porn and interracial porn, is actually about seeing attractive members of a group of people you find disgusting getting degraded so I'm not super surprised. Yes, probably some self-hating closet cases, but also just straight-up transphobes getting off to trans people getting degraded.

 

We should segment all sports then by how long puberty is, because men who experience early and longer puberties than other men have a physical advantage. Maybe basketball can be segmented by height and football by weight?

Also, if I had been given the opportunity to (a) start estrogen at 12, and (b) compete in girls' basketball in 9th grade because of that? I'd have done both in a *fucking heartbeat*. Trans women WANT TO BE WOMEN, they don't want to dominate women in sports. They just fucking want to be women. SO LET THEM.

Transition regret rates are 1%, that's 10x lower than surgeries for knee replacement or cosmetic surgeries of any kind. 67% of people who de-transition retransition when they feel safer later. Most of why we wait or hide is because of politicians who hate us, families who don't support us, and friends we're afraid of losing. If that fear were gone? If treatment for our condition made available when we ask for it? THIS SPORTS SHIT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.