Banning transgenders in sports

Over the past week the Kentucky legislature has passed a ban to prevent  transgender women from competing in women's sports. The lawmakers who voted for this ban were protecting the fairness in athletics and protecting girls sports. Thursday afternoon the bill was passed in a 26-9 vote with only a few democrats and republicans voting against it. This has caused many uproars with the lgbtq civil rights organizations. They say that this policy will put trans children’s mental health even more at risk. 

Kentucky is not the only ones who have passed this policy, 19 other states have. This has not happened in Iowa yet. I think it should because if Iowa or any state lets transgender Women compete in women's sports we will be overtaken. For example, Lea Thompson before she transitioned to a woman was ranked 462 in the men's division. After she transitioned she was 1 for girls. This was a big change for the women because instead of going against other women they now have to compete with a biological man. So now not even a woman can win women's swimming. The trans rights activists say that Lea is taking estrogen and is losing muscle and becoming more like a woman. Although Lea might be taking estrogen it still takes over 3 years to fully lose a little bit of muscle and they cant be working out for the first year. So Lea Thompson is still working out and not losing any muscle from transitioning. Kentucky made this policy based on the fact that they do not want their Women's sports to be taken over by transgender, or biological men. 

In my opinion I think that every state needs to have this policy. Or the states should have individual trangender male and female sports. I think that the more men transition to women and compete in our sports the more women's sports will be taken over by biological males. ITs already happening. For example women of courage award was presented by Jill Biden to democratic legislator Leigh Finke. She was a transgender woman. So not even women can win women of the year. 

 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/21/leigh-finke-transgender-legislator-wins-usa-today-/

https://nypost.com/2021/12/28/official-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-is-destroying-the-sport/

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/ncaa-title-for-lia-thomas-is-joke-with-biological-women-as-punchline-hardly-a-laughing-matter/ 

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/can-hormone-therapy-cause-muscle-loss-20090929106#:~:text=Muscle%20loss%20(and%20an%20increase,on%20the%20lookout%20for%20osteoporosis.)

https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/sports_participation_bans

 

Should transgenders compete in their transitioning sports?

Should transgenders have their own category to compete in and was Kentucky right for passing that policy?

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    • I agree tht it is unfair for biological males to compete in womens sports.

  • No, I dont think it is right to have trasgender guys that go to girls and be able to compete as a girl. No I dont think transgenders should have thier own sports catagor I think they should be put int hte gender that their birth sertificate has on it.

    • I agree that it is unfair for guys to compete as a girl. 

  • I think that is very unfair, no guy should compete in a girls sports and no girls should compete in guys sports. A lot of guys are faster and can jump higher so therefore it would not be fair. I dont think becasue you are transgender you can claim you are a male when you are a female. 

    • I agree that guys are faster and if you put them in womens sports they will beat us. 

  • I think that it's unfair if they are winning women sports and when they were playing the male sports they weren't. For them to compete I think they should be fully tranitioned. No hate it's just not fair. I don't think that trans people should have their own category because I think it kind of singles them out I just think while they are transitioning they can wait.

    • I agree and thats why kentucky banned them from playing in womens sptorts.

  • I believe that transgender should be banned in sports because it's unfair for women for the most part if you are a man and change gender to a woman then it's just a disadvantage to the people but it's an advantage to the person the changed gender. I believe the there should be a category for their own sports because it's unfair for women because most guys change their gender since it'll be easier for them.

    • I agree that transgenders should have a catagory for their own sports. 

  • I strongly believe that transgenders should not be able to compete in the opposite gender sports. If you are born a man, you can not just change and then play womans sports, because the genetics are so different they will be better than all the girls. I just think changing your gender is bad in general, especially if they are doing it for sports.

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