I'm curious to hear what trans people and allies think of trans women in women sports.

To me this seems like an area where we really do have to differentiate between a biological woman and a trans woman in the name of fair competition.

What do you think?
Is there any science which would disconfirm this position?

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ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

As I've said before, these sports just need to establish standards for participation based on actual measures of weight or height or muscle or whatever is significant, rather than assumptions about what men and women can do.

Sharon · F

@ServantOfTheGoddess Yes, relevant factors, not presumptions based on a person's sex (genital or chromosomal?)

DogMan · 61-69, M

@ServantOfTheGoddess Yes, but a woman with the same height and weight as a man,
will still be at a disadvantage. Unless that woman was born male, and competes against
females, then it will be a significant advantage.

ServantOfTheGoddess · 61-69, M

@DogMan Whatever that disadvantage is should be measurable in terms that have nothing to do with sex, and adjusted for.