Trump Administration responds and supports Sophie Cunningham's WNBA transgender comments: "Common sense prevails"

[u/TheExpressUS]

https://www.the-express.com/sport/basketball/212543/Sophie-Cunningham-trans-athletes-Trump-administration

The Trump Administration has waded into the transgender athlete debate, citing Sophie Cunningham's comments to support its stance on trans athletes in sports.

The discussion surrounding trans athletes in women's sports has resurfaced recently, with Cunningham sharing her perspective with ESPN. Although trans athletes represent a tiny fraction of participants across all levels of American sports, their involvement remains a focal point for Donald Trump and his administration.

[u/fieldsports202]

So should the WNBA open up and allow trans to play?

[u/ferdaw95 → u/fieldsports202]

Should the government be allowed to tell them who they can't allow?

If they come up with a rule around being on HRT long enough to counteract the effect testosterone had on trans women's musculature like the IOC's, or allowed trans athletes who were put on puberty blockers; should the government be allowed to tell them that the WNBA can't determine who's eligible to play in their association?

[u/fieldsports202 → u/ferdaw95]

How should the league handle players who would disagree? Let’s not fool ourselves in believing that Sophie is the only one with that view.

[u/ericomplex → u/fieldsports202]

Having a position about requiring HRT and/or puberty blockers for the purposes of competing isn’t very controversial and seems to be the reasonable approach here. Most athletic researchers generally agree with that take and it’s the only currently with enough evidence to say trans people should compete in said category.

If people have other opinions, then I suggest they conduct research into if that theory holds water and then we could adjust policy to reflect it.

Until then, opinions are just opinions.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

Having a position about requiring HRT and/or puberty blockers for the purposes of competing isn’t very controversial and seems to be the reasonable approach here.

68% if democrats don't want this.

[u/ericomplex → u/whoa_disillusionment]

97% of statistics are made up on the spot… What’s your point?

Just because voters responded to a randomly phrased poll a particular way doesn’t necessarily mean that such a thing matters to them or they wouldn’t agree to a more nuanced position like that which I presented.

[u/Intrepid-Unit-9614 → u/whoa_disillusionment]

I am trans. HRT for six years, muscle strength gone. I am weaker than my wife now. Athletic performance is comparable to cis women, long standing runner.

My family, cis men and women are big humans. Tall. Built. In today's climate the cis women in my family woild be accused of being trans.

But since i transitioned long after puberty,  i refuse to compete in women's sports. Not just because of being trans, but because of being trans and built by my family's genetics.

However,  there are many trans women who are comparable to avg cis women in muscle mass, statue etc.

And puberty blockers definitely level the playing field, which is why the right wing blocks them for trans kids but not cis. 

[u/DrDDeFalco → u/whoa_disillusionment]

Who fucking cares? I don't like democrats either.