[ SECRET POST #6006 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6006 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

trans women and trans men don't have the same experiences growing up that cis women and cis men do.

No two people have the same socialization.

It comes up in sports a lot. A trans woman has the advantage of a biologically male body. They are a woman, but biologically speaking their body is not. This matters when it comes to sports.

It's not fundamentally implausible that there could be cases where trans women have advantages over cis women in sports. However, there are 3 important criteria that have to be kept in mind when thinking about this issue. One, the idea that trans women have an advantage should be supported by actual statistics and evidence; it should be possible to statistically demonstrate that a consistent advantage exists, and the conversation can't take place on the level of people saying "well, it stands to reason". Two, responsibility for making rules to address any advantage that exists should rest with sports governing bodies as much as possible, not with political bodies. Three, the least restrictive and discriminatory means of addressing advantages should be preferred whenever possible; so for instance, things like weight classes should be used rather than blanket bans on trans athletes.

What we see in practice is the complete opposite of that. We see political bodies making blanket bans on trans athletes without even an iota of actual evidence to justify the suggestion that such bans are needed. So it's just empirically clear that the actual reason for these bans is bigotry and moral panic, not any actual facts at issue.

(Honestly, I wouldn't be comfortable in a change room with someone whose body was the opposite sex of mine, even if they are the same gender as me. If there's separate stalls, sure, those give privacy, but when I was in school there was one room for girls, one for the guys, and the only 'stalls' were showers.)

I'm not comfortable changing in the same room with anyone of any gender. But there's not necessarily any one-size-fits-all solution for everyone's preferences, and dividing it up on the basis of birth sex isn't a good solution, especially when - again - we know for a fact that there's a huge amount of bigotry and prejudice driving these conversations.

There's also a lot of really good questions to be asking about hormone therapy for children. Let's be real, pumping anyone up full of hormones is full of a lot of risks. And there's a lot of ethical conversations that should be had around hormones therapy for kids who haven't even begun puberty. We have no long term studies on this and, frankly, kids change their minds sometimes. (Obviously not all kids will--but some will.) And, hormones, especially when started that young, can't easily be reversed.

Fuck off.