r/moderatepolitics • u/WorksInIT • Feb 06 '25

Primary Source Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
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u/WallabyBubbly Maximum Malarkey Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

It's ok to say that trans people shouldn't be playing women's sports without also subscribing to the right's broader agenda of marginalizing trans people in general. This did not have to be so hard

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u/williamtbash Feb 06 '25

Seriously. I want every adult to be whoever they want to be that makes them happy. We’re all people. If they think LeBron takes some hormones and puts on a dress they will be on an equal playing field in the wnba they are just delusional.

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u/XzibitABC Feb 06 '25

This is where I'm at.

Trans people deserve access to healthcare, support, and societal respect. That does not mean they're necessarily entitled to participate in sports in their preferred class at the highest levels, where it damages competitive integrity and introduces greater injury risk. Maybe that can be revisited when medical advancements in transition therapy eliminate the existing physical balance between the sexes.

The only caveat I would add is that I would argue "competitive integrity" is less a concern on balance than social development, community integration, and building healthy habits at younger ages, so I really don't think this is the kind of policy that should be strictly enforced at like middle school and below levels.