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Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC (www.theguardian.com)

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The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty.

The ICC said it had taken the decision, following an extensive scientific review and nine-month consultation, to “protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players”.

It joins rugby union, swimming, cycling, athletics and rugby league, who have all gone down a similar path in recent years after citing concerns over fairness or safety.

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[-] wafflez@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Our conceptualization of chromosomes and how we relate them to being "man" or "woman" is a social construct. This is what I was referring to.

Transwomen are heavily taken out of context by the media in sports and I have yet to see any actual evidence that transwomen shouldnt be allowed in sports for women. Hormones play the most significant factor

[-] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Any actual evidence

Getting first place or breaking records in women's sport suddenly should be clear as day.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/transgender-weightlifter-breaks-womens-record/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/5/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-smashes-womens-reco/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/24/terry-miller-andraya-yearwood-transgender-sprinter/

https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/male-powerlifter-enters-womens-event-breaks-record/

https://nypost.com/2023/11/23/news/trans-swimmer-meghan-cortez-fields-sparks-controversy-after-breaking-nj-college-womens-record/

[-] wafflez@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Laurel Hubbert is 45 years old, far from her "prime." Regardless, even if someone wins a tournament just because they're trans doesn't conclude they had an advantage.

I cannot find any direct sources from Avi Silverberg. Many of the sources that exist present Avi as a male who just pretended to be a woman to protest against trans inclusion in sports.

Megan Cortez-Fields is literally in highscool sports getting death threats. The two races she won she didn't even win by big margins: https://ramapoathletics.com/documents/2023/11/18/2023_Cougar_Splash_Results_-_Final.pdf

In your terry miller / andrya yearwood link a doctor, Joanna Harper, directly agrees with me about hormones being the biggest factor. Chromosomes are not really important. I don't believe trans individuals should compete with others of their gender without also having the same hormones.

Almost every athletic success any trans woman has is like this: not particularly outstanding compared to other women in the same sport, and not even close to the stats of men. The media just intentionally skews it to reinforce the confirmation bias of bigots. There are hundreds of sporting events everyday.

[-] Cyberjin@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

Okay we done here, I'm feeling like talking to flat earthers that can't see pass their bypass.

It's literally broken records

[-] wafflez@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

If that's your opinion after I took the time to read your sources and responded adequately in a thorough to why they don't conclude trans women shouldn't compete in womens sports, then I don't think anything can change your mind. Those are highschool records, if they're broken records then provide reasons as to why you think that.

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