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I think my hottest take for this community is that even if trans women had an advantage in sports after HRT- which they don’t- it wouldn’t matter because you have a stronger philosophical argument for kicking any athlete on a diet out than a trans person.
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Anonymous 27w

I don’t see conservatives going after Shaq for being unfairly tall. Even though that’s an unfair advantage. Almost like we accept phenotypic variability in sports.

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Anonymous 27w

If you’re trans, you are changing your appearance and lifestyle to something that is best for you as a person and reflects you the most. It is unrelated to the sport. If you are an athlete going on a diet and workout regime to build your body in a specific way for your sport, you are aiming for a competitive advantage. The second isn’t bad at all, but TERFs would say the first is worse.

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Anonymous 27w

I did say this would be my hottest take for the community.

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Anonymous 27w

I feel like they may have more of an argument for kicking me out because I have high androgens for a cis woman

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

Which it’s not like that’s even rare

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

And I’m 6ft

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

This is exactly my point. Honestly, I was gonna make my original post on variations in the body- Michael Phelps is the classic example- but since going on HRT involves intentional body changes I felt like this was closer.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 27w

And this transphobic shit is gonna end up hurting or heavily regulating normal cis women because of hormone tests and shit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 27w

Idk i think mine would come up normal right now but that’s only because im literally on an androgen blocker

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 27w

That was going to be my original point but I thought an intentional change- like bodybuilding or something- would be a better comparison.

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