An important difference with this though is that standards of care for transitioning has existed for decades to prevent people from being misdiagnosed as transgender. As well as trans women playing sports. It’s only in recent times that a hyper focus has been placed on a minority of a minority trans population for political gain. It’s effective political messaging for people who only recently became aware of trans people living their lives, unaware that this isn’t new. Going from civil unions to gay marriage is progress, going from marriage to civil unions is backtracking on established norms.
Someone who is below average on her team, transitioned as a teenager, had surgery, is 5 ft 2 and has low testosterone only 1/4 of most women is not at any kind of unfair advantage, and this can be in a non contact sport. The blanket ban is a ban across an entire category of women accusing them of advantages that many do not have. It makes more sense to do as it has been done for decades and follow guidelines that assess the individual player for unfair advantages than to ban everyone across an entire demographic.
If someone who isn’t trans gets trans healthcare, they are effectively now trans, with gender dysphoria. They will be given access to gender affirming care to make them a better fit back to their original sex, because it is an effective treatment. However, most people who receive trans healthcare are in fact trans. It’s not a fast or easy process either, this is something that takes years navigating the healthcare system, letting HRT take affect, changing documents, getting referral letters, electrolysis, going to court for legal changes, surgery, etc.
I know several who still can’t afford surgery decades later who desperately need it. I know someone who died fighting for insurance coverage. There is a way bigger concern of people not having access to healthcare than people who don’t need it transitioning despite all of that. Continuing to periodically reevaluate the standards of care to minimize people being misdiagnosed makes the most sense, not banning healthcare for those whose doctors say it is medically necessary.
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An important difference with this though is that standards of care for transitioning has existed for decades to prevent people from being misdiagnosed as transgender. As well as trans women playing sports. It’s only in recent times that a hyper focus has been placed on a minority of a minority trans population for political gain. It’s effective political messaging for people who only recently became aware of trans people living their lives, unaware that this isn’t new. Going from civil unions to gay marriage is progress, going from marriage to civil unions is backtracking on established norms.
Someone who is below average on her team, transitioned as a teenager, had surgery, is 5 ft 2 and has low testosterone only 1/4 of most women is not at any kind of unfair advantage, and this can be in a non contact sport. The blanket ban is a ban across an entire category of women accusing them of advantages that many do not have. It makes more sense to do as it has been done for decades and follow guidelines that assess the individual player for unfair advantages than to ban everyone across an entire demographic.
If someone who isn’t trans gets trans healthcare, they are effectively now trans, with gender dysphoria. They will be given access to gender affirming care to make them a better fit back to their original sex, because it is an effective treatment. However, most people who receive trans healthcare are in fact trans. It’s not a fast or easy process either, this is something that takes years navigating the healthcare system, letting HRT take affect, changing documents, getting referral letters, electrolysis, going to court for legal changes, surgery, etc.
I know several who still can’t afford surgery decades later who desperately need it. I know someone who died fighting for insurance coverage. There is a way bigger concern of people not having access to healthcare than people who don’t need it transitioning despite all of that. Continuing to periodically reevaluate the standards of care to minimize people being misdiagnosed makes the most sense, not banning healthcare for those whose doctors say it is medically necessary.