Thread by @Riotswimbananas

The trans athlete “debate” would have dramatically affected me growing up.

I was 5’2” at 8 years old. 6’0” at 12. Parents complained so often i was the wrong age, i carried a copy of my birth certificate. I would have 100% been the target of the trans-vestigators. I remember a

Dad at basketball as a freshman screaming at me because I had a varsity jacket from a fall sport. He rallied the entire audience to scream that I was lying about my age BEFORE the game started. The game couldn’t start until they pulled up my school transcript. I was mortified.

If the debate about my sex would have also been on the table I would have 100% been the subject to constant body searches.

Sports are already “unfair” due to body differences. I had sooo much of an advantage over kids my age due to my size it was a joke. That’s how sports are.

Letting trans women/girls participate vs other women/girls is fine. They have an advantage sure. I had an advantage. Most premiere athletes have some weird body advantage. What’s next, breaking up basketball leagues by height?

Other memories:

I showed up to a swim meet and did a relay race. The girl in the lane next to me realized she had to race me in the same leg and started bawling. I had about 12 inches on her. She was terrified of me and I did nothing.

I accidentally put a girl in a stretcher when playing basketball in HS. She contested a ball with me, and I swept the ball so hard (that she was holding) she got body slammed to the ground so hard she couldn’t move. I had easily 100 lbs on her. It wasn’t intentional.

I got a D1 College scholarship for a sport I never did before because of my height/body type and experience in a different sport. That’s an advantage most will never get.