[–] emptycoffeecup 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Unfortunately, the guy in the picture was originally female but changed to male. S/he wants to compete against males but the Texas wrestling rules (going from memory here) don't allow it.
So the situation in the pic is exactly what would be enforced by this bill - female doped up on testosterone kicks non drug using females' asses.
It would be easier if they just made all trans people (ie women on testosterone and men on estrogen) compete against men.
[–] ArsCortica 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's almost as if there's a reason why men and women typically compete in different categories if it comes to sports. Allowing transgender opponents to compete against biological females when their own bodily makeup still is wildly different to theirs (even after years of hormone therapy) is ridiculous. You might as well just say "Fuck it" to everything and make doping legal.
[–] TPTBNewsReviewer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
South Dakota had me at, "Bill banning Transgender Students".
[–] clanofwolves 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Seems like a State legislature is putting up a bill that is actually just common sense? How weird......
Sarcasm aside, it is amazing you need a bill for even making this what happens on the playing field/mat. I don't know how a male was ever allowed by a coach to join the women's team. It's with assholes like that, that this mess was allowed to grow.
[–] boekanier 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh, but that is not PC, racist and discriminatory and a few other things that can't be done nowadays...