'What are we afraid of here,' asks Gordon Monson. 'That a bunch of boys will insincerely avalanche into girls sports in order to gain some competitive advantage? Or is it actually a way to discourage and persecute and shame transgender girls?'
Under a proposed Utah bill, a panel would evaluate weight, height and wingspan of transgender student athletes
Here’s a better idea: Let transgender girls play girls sports, let transgender boys play boys sports.Presently, there are a couple handfuls of transgender girls who are playing high school sports in Utah. These girls are what they identify as — girls.
Or is it actually a way to discourage and persecute and shame transgender girls, an attempt to remind them, to remind everyone, that they aren’t what they feel they are? Is it a weapon to further a religious or philosophical stance?What is fairly clear is that transgender students already are walking straight into heavy blasts of wind that stir challenges for them, all as they attempt to find their paths through early life.
Don’t worry about anything as insignificant and unproven as some imagined sort of massive threat to competitive balance or a new imbalance.
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