I like most everyone here, I’m guessing, has no interest in excluding any boy or man from sports. I just don’t want them to be playing girls or women’s sports.
I deleted my post.@Cannonball and @Top_Notch: Please limit the discussion to sports.
Why would you make that assumption?you've never worked with a 12 year old struggling with gender issues, have you?
i get it.....we struggle with what we don't understand; took me a long time to even begin to wrap my head around it....i'm thankful it is something that has not hit too close to home
but no one is "deciding" to go through this, no one is "deciding" there's a benefit
no one asks to join one of the single most marginalized groups in the world, with statistically one of the highest suicide rates, on a whim
if they can benefit from participation in sport with their peers along the way, i have a hard time telling them 'no'........for the absolute few who's participation may result in unfair benefit, there already exist rules to deal with that (the case by case basis that exists within the NCAA & many high school governing bodies)
i have a hard time telling the trans male 8th grader that is throwing with the boys track team here right now that, along with all of their other daily struggles, that they can't go out and compete in an arena where they feel comfortable......and are accepted by their peers, both as teammates and by competitors, because it is hard for me to wrap my head around
Then they played against genetic male players who took positions away from genetic female players.and i know with 100% certainty that my daughters, in HS, travel, & college......have played against transgender athletes; several times unknowingly (and 100% of the time without caring)
Then they played against genetic male players who took positions away from genetic female players.
I can't understand why I'm wrong for not wanting my daughter to share locker rooms and showers with grown men.I can't understand why I'm wrong for not wanting my daughter to play against grown men.
You're not wrong, and I have no respect for anyone who thinks it's okay to do so.I can't understand why I'm wrong for not wanting my daughter to share locker rooms and showers with grown men.
The young ladies who worked their whole lives to play collegiate softball were denied the ability because a genetic male took their spot. Aren't those female players who were denied the ability to play humans? Their rights were denied.They played against human beings who are enjoying the experiences athletics provide whilst competing with their peers
They aren'tI can't understand why I'm wrong for not wanting my daughter to share locker rooms and showers with grown men.