Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.
“Being inclusive benefits most people”, ground breaking idea right there
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I don’t think it would. Because I believe that in reality this would just mean a trans only league. While letting the sports that everyone else watches continue trans exclusion. Only further supporting exclusion for trans people from normalcy
It doesn’t have to be trans only. Just trans friendly.
The same way monoracial churches are theoretically open to everyone, sure. In reality they’re monoracial.
I agree, but it is the same with the male/female categories. A “mixed” category would be the least controversial?
All I’m afraid of is for it to become the “freestyle” swimming category, where everyone goes for the same thing.
There are many sports leagues where what is considered to be the mens league, is actually open to women, it’s just that no women have ever competed in those leagues.
(If this is because of biological differences, or because of patriarchal systems (or both) is up for discussion, though I think patriarchal systems do play a massive role)
In baseball for example there have been some women playing professionally for minor league teams, and some time ago for the first time in D1 college baseball.
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It would also be easier to roll over and die, but I’m not doing that either.
Separate, but equal? Where have we heard that before…
I’ll say it again: make all sports mixed and divide by classes that actually make sense for each sport, like weight or height
That still doesn’t work. When I transitioned, I was a sub elite runner. My weight didn’t change, but my body fat and muscle mass ratio did, and I ended up slower. I also lost strength, and cardio capacity. None of which was reflected by my weight or height…
Those were just examples, like boxing does weight for classes
