Youth sports have a significant impact on the development of all children. Sports provide children opportunities to build their social skills and confidence, as well as improve their sense of belonging and physical fitness.
What happens to these spaces when adults are given permission to inspect a child’s body to determine their gender?
The Supreme Court rulings on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. decided that transgender girls cannot play sports that align with their gender identity. Not only does this ruling essentially prohibit transgender kids from participating in most youth sports – codifying the exclusion this vulnerable population already experiences – it also puts all children at risk of the harmful consequences of body surveillance.
If we ignore the fact that she’s not transgender: trans women tend to be on oestrogen, and on testosterone blockers. They can’t compete with men the same way cis women can’t.
Why would you conflate her case with transgenderism?
To answer you though: if a cis-man takes ‘one’ oestrogen and ‘one’ testosterone blocker, can a cis-woman compete with them? Or do you think it depends?