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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be very cautious about basing any children's sports on genetic information.  Honestly, how do people think that works?  Are we going to require all kids to get genetically tested to participate in 6 weeks of summer swim?  Or just the ones that are particularly tall, or maybe the ones with short hair?

My first choice is to recognize that summer swim is a rec sport, the point is for kids to form community, and be healthy, and have fun and that allowing kids to choose where to swim aligns with that.

But even for more competitive sports, HS varsity, or high level club sports, I can understand the argument for going by the sex assigned at birth.  I can't understand placing the burden of genetic testing on every family, and I absolutely don't think that picking and choosing who will be tested is fair or makes sense.

Adult sports, NCAA, professional, Olympics etc . . . are a completely different situation.[/quote]

There's this thing.  It's called a birth certificate.  This would be accurate for 99.9% of people.  No genetic testing necessary.[/quote]

Then why are people saying that they should go by whether someone has XX or XY and not saying go by the birth certificate?[/quote]

There is this thing called mensturation.  XY just don't do it.  There no genetic testing necessary to figure that one out.[/quote]

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