@Citizen Justin
Erm, what "unfair advantage" exactly? AFAIK, current rules allow transwomen to compete after 2 years (possibly more) of HRT, with them having to be consistently found to have testosterone levels below normal range for ciswomen. If you know anything about how transitioning works, you should know that that is very, very much more than enough time to bring them, strenght-wise, into cis-female levels. Sorry but, no issue here, really.
Edit: Literally just now went on r/GenderCynical, and somebody posted NCAA trans-athlete inclusion handbook here. It's pretty much written for this.
https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Transgender_Handbook_2011_Final.pdf
Concern about creating an “unfair competitive advantage” on sex-separated teams is one of the most
often cited reasons for resistance to the participation of transgender student-athletes. This concern is cited
most often in discussions about transgender women competing on a women’s team. Some advocates for
gender equality in college sports are concerned that allowing transgender womenthat is, male-to-female
transgender athletes who were born male, but who identify as femaleto compete on women’s teams will
take away opportunities for women, or that transgender women will have a competitive advantage over other
women competitors.
These concerns are based on three assumptions: one, that transgender women are not “real” women
and therefore not deserving of an equal competitive opportunity; two, that being born with a male body automatically
gives a transgender woman an unfair advantage when competing against non-transgender women;
and three, that men might be tempted to pretend to be transgender in order to compete in competition with
women.
These assumptions are not well founded. First, the decision to transition from one gender to the
otherto align one’s external gender presentation with one’s internal sense of gender identityis a deeply
significant and difficult choice that is made only after careful consideration and for the most compelling of
reasons. Gender identity is a core aspect of a person’s identity, and it is just as deep seated, authentic, and real
for a transgender person as for others. Male-to-female transgender women fully identify and live their lives as
women, and female-to-male transgender men fully identify and live their lives as men.
Second, some people fear that transgender women will have an unfair advantage over non-transgender
women. It is important to place that fear in context.
Transgender girls who medically transition at an early age do not go through a male puberty, and therefore
their participation in athletics as girls does not raise the same equity concerns that arise when transgender
women transition after puberty.
Transgender women display a great deal of physical variation, just as there is a great deal of natural
variation in physical size and ability among non-transgender women and men. Many people may have a stereotype
that all transgender women are unusually tall and have large bones and muscles. But that is not true. A
male-to-female transgender woman may be small and slight, even if she is not on hormone blockers or taking
estrogen. It is important not to overgeneralize. The assumption that all male-bodied people are taller, stronger,
and more highly skilled in a sport than all female-bodied people is not accurate.
It is also important to know that any strength and endurance advantages a transgender woman arguably
may have as a result of her prior testosterone levels dissipate after about one year of estrogen or testosterone-suppression
therapy. According to medical experts on this issue, the assumption that a transgender
woman competing on a women’s team would have a competitive advantage outside the range of performance
and competitive advantage or disadvantage that already exists among female athletes is not supported by
evidence.
