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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is an interesting discussion and I don't know where I stand on it yet.  Having a "trans" category for sports, probably wouldn't solve everything.  Are you going to need 2 (or more) trans categories -- male to female and female to male?  And what about people with gender issues that exist at birth (ex. ambiguous genitalia)?  And are there enough trans people competing in sports to fill this new category?

[b]To me the issue is perhaps most important at the high school level.  I think at that level, inclusivity should be one goal.  [/b]

The latest figure I've seen is that an estimated 0.6 percent of the adult US population identifies as transgender.  While it is likely a larger percentage for younger people (say teens to 20s), its still a very small segment of the population.  So, I'm I just wondering how big of issue transgender individuals in sports really is.

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I agree that the high school level is most important, but disagree that it should be about inclusivity.

At the high schoolnlevel it should be a strict literal interpretation of Title IX and focused on providing biological girls the opportunity to compete on a fair playing field, with other girls, and not made to take second fiddle to boys who happen to identify as girls at this point in their life.

This is about fairness at a basic level.

It is also about safety.  [b]A biological male has so many natural physical advantages over girls of the same age[/b] that are separate from just testosterone.[/quote]

and a biological female has natural physical advantages of boys of the same age.  Why are we not talking about this fact?[/quote]

Because this is a thread specifically about sports, and men have natural physical advantages in virtually all sports. [/quote]

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