STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medical treatments and counseling to win at swimming. “It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical…
  • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2817·
    11 months ago

    My niece is a competitive swimmer. If a trans woman kept her from winning the competitions she’s trained so hard for, getting up at 4am for practice, spending weekends training or at meets, etc, thats absolute horse shit.

    So if that trans woman also worked hard, got up at 4am for practice, and also spent weekends training and going to meets, she doesn’t deserve to win after her own hard work?

    • Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.comEnglish
      53·
      11 months ago

      Not at all in the women’s league, no.

      Men have a biological advantage in sports, there’s no way around it. It’s a fact

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      11 months ago

      Does she deserve to win solely because she has the skeleton structure and muscle mass of a biological male from birth.

      Is a cis male allowed to compete as a male if he takes the same drugs for 6 months? a year? ahead of the competition?