If transgender athletes have under gone hormonal transition and puberty of the gender they identify with, then yes, they deserve and should be allowed to participate in sports that align with the gender identity. This fear around men pretending to be women to win at sports is unwarranted. It doesn't happen. And saying transgender women have advantage over cis women because they may have gone through male puberty first before female puberty is simply another way for society to regulate women's bodies, determining how strong or how much testosterone a woman can have, defining limits to their bodies instead of realizing that bodies are diverse. I believe society is using "its not fair" for transgender women to participate in women's sports as a way to be transphobic. Because if it were truly about fairness, transgender men would be banned from men's sports. There'd be a whole discussion about the unfairness to men for transgender men to participate in sport with them. But that discussion doesn't exist. Because its not a about fairness or equality. Its fear. And using that fear to discriminate.
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