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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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

I box with a trans person in the boxing ring sometimes, I can't really tell the difference. In fact I didn't know that they were trans until they said anything, for about three years I thought they were a woman haha 😆

Pikachu

@SatanBurger

Yeah i'm curious about that kind of thing. You see athletes like Lia Thompson who have undergone hormone therapy but still absolutely dominate the women's category even they were mediocre in the male category.

Is that typical? An outlier? Was your sparring partner a trans person who underwent male puberty?
And no, i don't expect you to have this information to hand lol

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@Pikachu I don't know, I just always thought they were a woman until she told me how she was discriminated against by a group that handles professional athletes because she's trans. She's currently trying to get in via a lawyer.

Then I didn't tell her how shocked I was but I kind of came to the conclusion that she was trans and since they were a she, obviously she used to be male.

But I don't have any of that other info, I've just always sparred against her thinking she was a woman. I don't really notice any difference of performance but she is more muscular, not like in a huge way but that could make a difference.

I've never noticed though.

Keep in mind I've never seen her professionally fight so us sparring would be different. I'd be curious about it though