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Lesbian congresswoman says it's 'appalling' to bar trans women from sports teams (www.thepinknews.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I know trans athletes excelling at their chosen sports is exceptionally rare, but is there already one website that has all the historical and updated statistics that so far show there's no significant statistical trans advantage(transvantage!) that we can see from trans athletes going back decades?

so every time someone says "sure but if you used to be a boy, then the muscle fibers-"

and you can just be like "go to this site".

"here are the numbers".

when I looked up the numbers last year, I had to pop around to many different sites and read different articles, but I imagine somewhere someone must have already pulled all this together.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can you please provide the link to the website?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

That's what I'm looking for.

when I looked before there was just a whole bunch of different websites and I had to find one athlete at a time or one statistic at a time, but there must be some website that has centralized those numbers somewhere.

I was hoping someone here would know.

maybe there isn't one yet.

[–] femtech@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago

I bring up this, https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The way this is phrased seems to imply - at least to me - that the two statements are different. That's what the "previously said" can be used to indicate. But saying it's bad to ban trans people is the same is saying it's bad to not let them play.

I'd prefer it written as " Lesbian congresswoman Angie Craig, who is seeking her fourth term in Congress, has been consistent in saying that it is wrong to discriminate against trans women joining female teams.

 

“No state should allow discrimination against LGBTQ+ foster children or adoptive parents who can provide a safe and loving home,” she said at the time.

Yes.