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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question: has any trans man (born female, but identifies and transitioned to be a man) ever won or come very close to winning a men's sports competition?

I'm guessing no?

I support trans rights, but not at the cost of women's sports entirely. I'd be in full favor of a third category, however. [/quote]

I think that Olympic track star medalist is competitive against men, but not at the top levels.  She is leaps and bounds above the strongest women competitors in the world.[/quote]

Who are you talking about? What man (born female) medaled in Olympic men's track competitions?[/quote]

Umm...do you read the news?[/quote]

I do watch the news, and I don't know what transgender man athlete you're talking about. Can you just tell me?

Unless you're talking about Caster Semenya - who is not transgender, but intersex. Meaning she was likely born with external female genitalia, but also a chromosomal irregularity that often includes internal testes. That's not transgender. Caster is a woman, but not biologically female OR male.

So who are you talking about?[/quote]

I'd be interested to hear as well. Caster Semenya was born a girl, raised a girl, and now identifies as a woman. The fact that she has a chromosomal abnormality is no more "cheating" than the fact that Michael Phelps was born with freakishly big flipper feet.

Semeya is a distraction from this conversation, frankly. [/quote]

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