"The legislation is sponsored by state Rep. Jena Powell, who claims that transgender women have physical advantages over those assigned female at birth, claiming transgender women have greater lung capacity, larger hearts, higher red blood cell counts, stronger tendons and ligaments, greater muscle strength, and increased bone density."
Claims?
As if there isn't a mountain of science to support all of this?
"Claims" suggests this is a position, an opinion or a debate.
Regardless, I did respond to the question at the end so I could see the results. At the time 514 people had responded.
Do you generally support or oppose laws that ban transgender people from participating in sports based on their assigned sex at birth?
85% strongly support these laws
4% Somewhat support
2% Somewhat oppose
7% Strongly oppose
1% have no opinion
The poll is now up to 948 responses with 88% strongly supporting these laws.
Yup, the poll of predominantly white entitled jack asses
If there is no need to save women's sports, then why have divisions at all?
Trans women are women, they are in the right division. You can still have the women's classification but no need to ban any woman regardless of the gender assigned at birth.
If that means any particular woman finishes a little lower it doesn't matter. Sports are for fun. I have as much fun finishing 100th at 1st.
If your last sentence is really true you are quite an usual athlete. There's nothing wrong with that but you should not conclude that serious athletes feel the same.
Trans women are women, they are in the right division. You can still have the women's classification but no need to ban any woman regardless of the gender assigned at birth.
If that means any particular woman finishes a little lower it doesn't matter. Sports are for fun. I have as much fun finishing 100th at 1st.
If your last sentence is really true you are quite an usual athlete. There's nothing wrong with that but you should not conclude that serious athletes feel the same.
That was supposed to say "you are quite an UNUSUAL athlete."
The poll is now up to 948 responses with 88% strongly supporting these laws.
Yup, the poll of predominantly white entitled jack asses
"Entitled"?
You want to talk about entitlement?
Here's entitlement:
Being born as an XY human being, going through puberty as an XY human being with all the sports-related benefits that come with testosterone in the system (the ultimate game-changer in sports), and then expecting, or even demanding, that you get to participate with the XX humans, then dominating them, winning the awards, claiming the titles.
XY humans demanding that they have a "right" to participate in sports created for XX humans because they have decided they are girls and women is the ultimate male entitlement.
Edit to add: 2,365 responses. 86% strongly support these laws.
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Lots of people getting bent out of shape over the transsexuals in girls sports. I can understand that, but those same people don’t have a problem when a gay kid gets beat up or killed & that speaks volumes about your lack of decency.
Your post speaks volumes about your inability to stay on topic as well as your affinity for logical fallacies.
Exactly how many male teenagers in Ohio schools have transitioned into a female? Of those, how many actually play high school sports? 0.0001%?
Sounds like a lot of fear mongering...which the right does all the time.
The problem isn't the handful of transgenders competing. The problem is the 1 or 2 transgenders winning against actual females. You might as well get rid of male and females sports completely.
I am all for having 3 divisions: male, female, transgender.
Even a transgender who has undergone complete reassignment and has had months or years of hormone replacement will have a giant biological advantage over a born female. You do realize male and female bone structure is different and you can't change it?
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Alan what's your take on the World Athletics competition ruling from this spring that going forward any athletes must have had puberty blocking treatment by age 12, and to have maintained continuous T levels of <2.5 nm/L.
The World Athletics Council has today made a number of important decisions regarding the future participation of the Russian and Belarusian Member Federations in athletics, and the eligibility regulations for athletes who are...
How many transgender athletes are there in Ohio? Why does this issue live rent free in your head? Why should state legislatures spend time on this when there are much more pressing issues to address?
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My hero Donald Trump, he'll put a stop to this trans insanity. BRAVO!!!!!
This is outside of anything the president can really impact.
I'm disappointed in Ohio. Less people run as the gender they feel. Whether that's trans male or transfemale doesn't matter they are real males and real females.
There is no need to "save women's sports", just line up and do the best you can. Doesn't matter if you come in first place or thousandth place if you did your best.
In that case, we should just have one division in all sports - an open division.
"just line up and do the best you can. Doesn't matter if you come in first place or thousandth place if you did your best."
This is outside of anything the president can really impact.
I'm disappointed in Ohio. Less people run as the gender they feel. Whether that's trans male or transfemale doesn't matter they are real males and real females.
There is no need to "save women's sports", just line up and do the best you can. Doesn't matter if you come in first place or thousandth place if you did your best.
If there is no need to save women's sports, then why have divisions at all?
Lots of people getting bent out of shape over the transsexuals in girls sports. I can understand that, but those same people don’t have a problem when a gay kid gets beat up or killed & that speaks volumes about your lack of decency.
That's a ridiculous claim of yours.
I do not support transgenders competing in girl's/women's sports.
I have a major problem "when a gay kid gets beat up or killed." Any a-hole who harms a gay person (or a straight person) should be prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law.
Now, please stop trying to assign crazy a-hole stances to those who disagree with you on transsexuals competing in sports. It would be just as valid as me saying that people who want to allow transsexuals in women's sports also want to be able beat their wives and rape small children. Would that be a reasonable association from your perspective? If not, stop doing the same thing in reverse.
trans people can still “play” in the division of their biological sex. They can still be proud individuals and themselves. If they so desperately want to “play” no one is stopping them from “playing” sport in the division of their biological sex. Or they can play in non competitive sports and activities, like intramural sports at the college level where it’s more of a social opportunity rather than competition. They are plenty of options, no one is stopping trans people from playing social sports and activities. Also, they need to accept and be proud of who they are, and that is trans.
Trans folk who insist they are the gender they identify with are transphobic.
They should identify as trans, be proud of being trans, and fight for trans rights.
No such thing as a trans"woman" as you cannot change your gender, no matter what Democrats believe. There were 2 BOYS in California CIF semi-finals who ran a joke tike for a boy- like 4:55 ...Simeon would have lapped them! These 2 boys- knocked 2 girls out from CIF finals. CIF is anti-female sports! So they would have gone up against Sophomore Sadie Engelhardt. Neither boy showed up to CIF finals. Good. Disgusting frauds.
Lots of people getting bent out of shape over the transsexuals in girls sports. I can understand that, but those same people don’t have a problem when a gay kid gets beat up or killed & that speaks volumes about your lack of decency.
Your post speaks volumes about your inability to stay on topic as well as your affinity for logical fallacies.
Perch please read again my post it is 100% on topic.
And concerning my logic — people who don’t have a problem when a kid get beat up or killed are sick.
As for the statistics you provided about people's opinions on laws banning transgender participation in sports, it's important to remember that these numbers are based on a specific survey or poll, and results can vary depending on the sample size, demographics, and methodology. Fear mongering can be present in discussions surrounding various topics from different political perspectives. It's important to approach any debate or discussion with an open mind, and consider a range of scientific evidence and personal experiences when forming an opinion on complex issues like transgender inclusion in sports.
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I'm tired of this debate in general. Time for everyone to just push for an open category. Athletes can identify with whatever gender they feel is appropriate. Male, Female, non-binary, whatever.
In one Olympic cycle, it will become painfully obvious that women will never make a final or podium again. Only then will cultural progressives see what every other person with common sense does, that biological male athletes have a massive advantage over women. Just let it happen, so that women are put in the position of advocating for themselves or allowing themselves to be erased from sport.
If that means any particular woman finishes a little lower it doesn't matter. Sports are for fun. I have as much fun finishing 100th at 1st.
If what you said is true then there should be no problem in requiring trans women to compete in the male division. When it's just for fun it doesn't matter what place they finish against men/males.
How many transgender athletes are there in Ohio? Why does this issue live rent free in your head? Why should state legislatures spend time on this when there are much more pressing issues to address?
There are numerous. One, in fact, won a very prestigious award & scholarship at the Ohio High school Sports Award show for Central Ohio.
And just because there are more important issues doesn't mean this issue isn't important. That's sort of the "Hey it isn't murder" defense for something like sexual assault or rape.
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