KudzuRunner wrote:
Precious Roy wrote:
I know an OBGYN. She told me that you would be shocked at the number of times the determination of biological sex at the time of birth is not clear.
Further, this bill, while well intentions are present to protect biologically female athletes from being eclipsed by trans women, effectively has the consequence of banning trans people from collegiate athletics. That is no better a situation than having trans women competing with biological women.
Trans women should be allowed to compete with biological women, but biological women should be given proper recognition for their achievements. If a trans woman wins a race, the first biological female should also be recognized as the winner. In tournament sports, biological women would be given a second chance after losing to a trans woman. And so on. We can all learn how to get through this tough issue without having to exclude anyone or having biological female athletes losing opportunities in championships, etc.
That's a genuinely original and compassionate way of thinking about this. I like it. I don't think I completely agree with it, but it's a good-faith proposal--and that in itself is such an unusual thing that it deserves kudos.
It’s not compassionate at all. Trans women can have their own category of competing against trans women. Otherwise it is simply unfair and the complete opposite of compassionate & ethical.
People like Roy are always saying look at the science. And I agree. The science says that if everyone was trans or homosexual, we would not perform the fundamental objective of the human race, which is to reproduce and perpetuate the species. While I, undoubtedly, don’t want to further alienate gays and transgender folk as we have for far too long, I am also tired of punishing people who are neither. It’s the same flawed argument as it’s not good enough to not be racist... you have to be anti-racist or you don’t count.
The problem with someone like Roy is that he’s bought his party’s ideological narrative, lock, stock, & barrel. There’s no room for accommodating a dissenting opinion counter to the fundamental “values” of the party. It is exactly the same thing on the right. It is the echo chamber and why we have so much divisiveness in this country. Roy may sound articulate and well-reasoned, but it doesn’t make him correct or even smart, really.