Should woman on woman fighting allow transgenders to participate?

PG Should woman on woman fighting allow transgenders to participate?

Charlane

An ungoing debate in America, brought to my attention by youtuber SXEphil.

Posted on March 20th, 2013 ~ 8:43 pm

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One of the stories on Philip Defrancos show today was about woman on woman fighting. I think you should just watch the video below for more information.

http://sourcefednews.com/joe-rogan-says-transgender-mma-fighter-cant-fight-women/

Personaly, I agree with Phil in that they shouldn't be allowed to fight, considering their natural build, and that that gives them an advantage over their opponent..

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SissyKimmy1

Posted March 21st, 2013 ~ 7:54 am

The potential advantages transgender women might have are not particularly clear. A lot of groups like the NCAA and the IOC have tackled these sorts of issues and generally seem to endorse allowing transgender participation with certain conditions. I do feel like more study may be necessary, especially for a sport based on fighting, but you should definitely not rule out inclusion.

http://www.uh.edu/lgbt/docs/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf

Second, some people fear that transgender women will have an unfair advantage over non-transgender women. It is important to place that fear in context.

Transgender girls who medically transition at an early age do not go through a male puberty, and thereore their participation in athletics as girls does not raise the same equity concerns that arise when transgender women transition after puberty.

Transgender women display a great deal of physical variation, just as there is a great deal of natural variation in physical size and ability among non-transgender women and men. Many people may have a stereo type that all transgender women are unusually tall and have large bones and muscles. But that is not true. A male-to-female transgender woman may be small and slight, even if she is not on hormone blockers or taking estrogen. It is important not to overgeneralize. The assumption that all male-bodied people are taller, stronger,and more highly skilled in a sport than all female-bodied people is not accurate.

It is also important to know that any strength and endurance advantages a transgender woman arguably may have as a result of her prior testosterone levels dissipate after about one year of estrogen or testosterone-suppression therapy. According to medical experts on this issue, the assumption that a transgender woman competing on a womens team would have a competitive advantage outside the range of performance and competitive advantage or disadvantage that already exists among female athletes is not supported by evidence.

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sparklesbright

Posted March 23rd, 2013 ~ 4:55 am

Have to agree - the IOC guidelines, except for the stupid surgical requirement (exactly *what* advantage would having a penis entail if the hormones were neutralised anyway?) are actually pretty sensible here.

Aside from that one part of it, IMHO that'd be a logical standard to use.

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