Transgender

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by cosmictraveler, Jul 2, 2015.

  1. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    When the change is made from man to woman are they allowed to participate in women's sporting activities like tennis or soccer as women or men?

    If they don't allow them to get involved just how do they know if anyone is transgender or not? Do they test everyone?

    Thank you for your responses.
     
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  3. Joaquin Sleuth Registered Senior Member

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    I think many blood tests and drug tests are usually a default contract entry in most sports. Althoough, I suppose the rules could be broken in certain cases. I assume it would be obvious to tell if someone was transgender.

    In one case i remember recently a transgendered woman was in the UFC competing with genetic girls.

    I think she's the first openly transgender to compete in MMA history. Her name is Fallon Fox. I think many said she had an unfair advantage as she was born male. I think she lost by TKO against a genetic girl. I don't watch MMA but i did read this in the news awhile ago but i'm not sure if it's entirely true.

    I think there's been a transgendered tennis player who competed against genetic girls from germany but i'm not sure.

    I think there's also a conspiracy theory that the Williams sisters are actually post-op transsexuals but it's all crazy, whacky stuff. It's like the conspiracy theorists are trying to say their father orchestrated this idea when they were young.
     
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  5. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Various sporting bodies are dealing with such very questions, Cosmic. Just keep an eye to it an you'll hear something here or there every few months. It's an interesting discussion that has yet to show its full implications.
     
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  7. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    What about prisons, where would they be put?
     
  8. orcot Valued Senior Member

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    I remember a case in the US where amale to female transgender was arrested for walking toplless and was send to a male jail and the resulting problem that theirs nothing illegal on toples man.
    many other countries do not have any regulations abouth the subject https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_people_in_prison#Transgender_issues

    Most countries including the US send people to their birth assigned gender this is a problem especially for the US where more men are raped then women (216 000 annually to be exact) shameful compared to the 90 479 outside of prison.

    theirs stuff like the queerentine and the softie tanks tough but they do not get used as often as they should be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_people_in_prison#Segregation
     
  9. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Again, this is an issue that is ongoing. Coming into your question, we might note that the general practice is to segregate transgender inmates to reserved facilities or sections of a facility. There are some problems with that, and we have yet to collect enough data regarding the question of which of those problems are inherent to prisons, result from imperfect policies, or come about because poor professional standards and expectations leave corrections personnel incapable of doing their jobs properly.
     

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