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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two daughters who play sports. One (my high schooler)  even plays on a tennis team and regularly plays against boy players. I am not concerned one iota about her losing out on a scholarship to a boy.

I am also not concerned in the least bit about being going to a public restroom and being attacked by a trans woman. I also am not concerned about my daughters going to a public restroom and being attacked by a transwoman.[/quote]

OP here.  Let clarify, I’m not insinuating that a trans woman  will attack domeonebin the bathroom.  I’m asking does the bill allow any man( who is not trans, not dressed as a man in any way) say I will use the women’s  bathroom because I identify as such?  I am not a lawyer and I interpreted it to mean this way, but I’m hoping that someone can clarify if that’s not the case.  Here’s the bill:[url] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5[/url]

This is the  line which seems to make it  a catch all:

“Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation.“
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OP, can you tell us the specific scenario you're concerned about?[/quote]

OP here.  The most common scenario being thrown  out there is that any man will now be able to say, I identify as a woman (with this  bill), and use the women’s bathroom.  My issue is that this seem to make it easier for pedos/pervs(NOT TRANS) to abuse the bill.

The other is the issue where trans competes in Women’s sports competition, there are reports /studies that trans women may have the edge compared to biological women  due to testosterone( see nbc link on the previous post), if this is the  case, then it seems it might sideline biological women.  I think further studies  are being done about this and that it  is recommended that the testosterone level be measured before being allowed in.

These are the  top 2 that I can think of, I’m not sure about other issues but these 2 seem to stand out to  me. [/quote]

Hint: there are already transpeople playing in high level sports. You just don't know about it because they don't flaunt it and want to keep their privacy. I suspect it will remain the same even after this law. [/quote]

There are also athletes already plaing in high level sports who are taking performance enhancing drugs.     That doesn't mean that it is a good thing or that we shouldn't try to stop it.[/quote]

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