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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a quick reality-check is probably in order here. Despite the current moral panic over trans* kids, the number of kids who 1) identify as trans; and 2) have begun any sort of medicalized gender affirming treatment; and 3) Are AMAB transitioning to female, is miniscule.

OP may be a real person or may be a troll, but if they are a real person, then their child is in an incredibly small minority assuming they've undergone a medical transition of any sort.

We're having a whole culture war freakout about the "end of women's sports" about an issue that impacts at most a handful of kids per state. [/quote]

Also important to note that the very small number of trans-girls are going to have a massively disproportionate impact in sports, due to their natural advantage.

As an example, intersex women (XY DSD) like Caster Semenya are very rare.  And yet all three medals in the women's 800m during the Rio Olympics were won by XY DSD women.  The same might have happened in Tokyo had not rules gone into effect requiring them to lower their testosterone.[/quote]

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