Thread by @coachblade

Having recently sat down to think & note all types of sports (team vs indiv, contact vs non-contact,etc) that could handle a “third (tr*ns) category,” I am concerned about the impending chaos in #sport.
Even “open” is tricky.
It really seems best to stick w/ binary MALE & FEMALE.

If someone identifies in a particular way to the point where they interfere with their own body - hormones & surgeries - that’s not on #sports. That’s a choice made by an individual athlete no different than choosing to retire. In a truly “inclusive” society a feminine male…

…should not have to blink at remaining in the MALE #sports category irrespective of conceptual identity or ideology. And we know that most female-born athletes who identify as men or NB stay in the female category already (and would do so even IF the was a third category!). So…

…WHAT are we really all jumping through hoops for?
👉🏼Male-born athletes whose cognitive sensibilities are hurt by being included in a category called “men.” That’s what it really boils down to: hours of excruciating conjecture on #sport categories to assuage the feelings of XY.

And for anybody who says: But what about kids in sport and their opportunities?
Answer: They are still MALE and FEMALE kids!
If they are going to participate in competitive #sports (not talking about recreation), they must learn there are two categories.
Early #sport shows…

…the pathway that these young people will have to follow from development right up to elite levels.
They should not be lied to about what will be expected of them (re: categorical participation) when they someday arrive at a World Championship.
We should allow them to make an…

…informed decision very early in the process - before investing years of sweat & tears (and considerable $$!) into a #sport -whether they can handle being classified in a realm where biological sex is the only thing that matters.
And for anyone who asks: But what about…

…the children who have had hormonal treatments early and/or had surgery to alter their bodies to appear as the opposite sex?
All I can say is: In almost ALL cases, doing that to a child or teen is worse than unethical!
It is NOT on #sports to fix that problem.
Sport should be…

…blind to all such sociological and/or ideological trends.
I really think that after we have travelled through this rabbit tunnel of dystopian “what ifs” on #sports categories, we will arrive at the conclusion that the MALE 🆚 FEMALE is the ONLY system that works.
End. 🛑