Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.

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  • WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 days ago

    I don’t think it would. Because I believe that in reality this would just mean a trans only league. While letting the sports that everyone else watches continue trans exclusion. Only further supporting exclusion for trans people from normalcy

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      4 days ago

      I agree, but it is the same with the male/female categories. A “mixed” category would be the least controversial?

      All I’m afraid of is for it to become the “freestyle” swimming category, where everyone goes for the same thing.

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        3 days ago

        There are many sports leagues where what is considered to be the mens league, is actually open to women, it’s just that no women have ever competed in those leagues.

        (If this is because of biological differences, or because of patriarchal systems (or both) is up for discussion, though I think patriarchal systems do play a massive role)

        In baseball for example there have been some women playing professionally for minor league teams, and some time ago for the first time in D1 college baseball.

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          3 days ago

          In baseball for example there have been some women playing professionally for minor league teams, and some time ago for the first time in D1 college baseball

          My brain tells me every decade or so someone new does it again

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            3 days ago

            reading up on it apparently there was a woman in the mlb who struck out babe ruth, and then the mlb banned women for a while, but the ban was lifted in the 70s.