Blanket opposition to transgender athletes in women's sports -- without consideration of individual context -- often stems from discrimination, rather than genuine concern for fairness, writes columnist Eric Foster.
I believe that transgender players should be able to participate in sports. Plus now technology has come a long way and now transgenders can be modified so that it’s less unfair for female in competitive sports. There’s really less logical reason to undermine transgender players from playing in sports.
When I said “modify the transgender players” there had been some articles I read about how some places required them to have lowered testosterone levels to compete fairly. Now, this isn’t my opinion on it specifically but it was to some peoples concern, and with solutions for that lowers the boundary of excuses to exclude transgender in sports.
That isn’t modifying the transgender people though. It is a requirement that the person have physically transitioned in a way consistent with others playing the same sport.
*I don’t really agree with this requirement because it is so subjective and insulting to have to prove something to participate. Just explaining what it is.
I believe that transgender players should be able to participate in sports. Plus now technology has come a long way and now transgenders can be modified so that it’s less unfair for female in competitive sports. There’s really less logical reason to undermine transgender players from playing in sports.
I agree with your sentiment that they should be able to play in sports however it sounds a little off-putting when you say modify the players.
Also please use the term transgender players. As transgender is an adjective not a noun, as they’re more than just transgender.
When I said “modify the transgender players” there had been some articles I read about how some places required them to have lowered testosterone levels to compete fairly. Now, this isn’t my opinion on it specifically but it was to some peoples concern, and with solutions for that lowers the boundary of excuses to exclude transgender in sports.
That isn’t modifying the transgender people though. It is a requirement that the person have physically transitioned in a way consistent with others playing the same sport.
*I don’t really agree with this requirement because it is so subjective and insulting to have to prove something to participate. Just explaining what it is.
I don’t agree with it either. But my point particularly was, there is less reason for people to not let them play sports due to such advancements.