Trans-male child and high school sports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My question is WHY can a trans child play on whatever team they want?

I know a kid who was a very fast runner as a boy. He transitioned. She has the same body. If she were to compete on the girls' team, she'd be dramatically faster than anyone else in our league. (They are not competing, which is sad in its own way.)

You're saying that she's transitioned and you think she's still faster than most boys? Is this a social transition or a medical transition? Most trans girls/women have lower testosterone than cis girls/women and certainly don't have the same muscle strength as men. If she's taking estrogen, she probably can't compete with the boys/men and likely chooses not to compete against girls/women due to the current political climate around trans girls and women in sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your trans child is identifying as male and transitioning why would he want to stay on the girls team?
Not cool.

Because they wouldn't make the boy's team.

Sure they will. They will be on T. They may be on a dose of T higher than some of the cis males are making naturally.

My relative started the transition earlier than in high school, but he has never had any issues making various boy's teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your trans child is identifying as male and transitioning why would he want to stay on the girls team?
Not cool.

Because they wouldn't make the boy's team.

Sure they will. They will be on T. They may be on a dose of T higher than some of the cis males are making naturally.

My relative started the transition earlier than in high school, but he has never had any issues making various boy's teams.

+1 A lot of people here are commenting based on stereotypes of trans people while they quite obviously have no experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trans-men are men. It’s not hard.

And doping is not allowed in sports. It's not hard.

By that attitude a kid taking testosterone couldn’t be on either gendered team right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your trans child is identifying as male and transitioning why would he want to stay on the girls team?
Not cool.

Because they wouldn't make the boy's team.

Sure they will. They will be on T. They may be on a dose of T higher than some of the cis males are making naturally.

My relative started the transition earlier than in high school, but he has never had any issues making various boy's teams.

How competitive were they? At the college level, I can only think of one female to male athlete on a sports team, a swimmer, and she was allowed to switch from the girls to the boys team more or less because to not give a slot was transphobic. As a girl, she was excellent. As a boy, towards the bottom. Just going on testosterone is not enough to make up for the other physical advantages.

On the other hand, male to female athletes who switch usually do well, starting with Richard Raskin, a talented amateur tennis player in his youth, who, as Renee Richards, ranked #20 in Women's Tennis at the age of 45. Richards could not have made it into the hundreds on the male circuit at that age.

[Anonymous]

They should base the mandate on current sexual organs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your trans child is identifying as male and transitioning why would he want to stay on the girls team?
Not cool.

Because they wouldn't make the boy's team.

This is the reality.