More clarity from LSD is always appreciated but I will never refer to myself as ‘cis’. I am a female. That’s it. I don’t think about my gender identity. It is a concept that does not speak to me. I believe that women are women and transwomen are transwomen and I do not understand why that is a problem. Men are men and transmen are transmen. Why do we have to complicate everything with demanding: transwomen are women. A lot of yelling and screaming could stop if we could just state reality.
Jul 14, 2022·edited Jul 15, 2022Liked by Lisa Selin Davis
I agree that gender and athletic fairness are separate issues and that we can respect trans women's identities, and demand fairness in sports. I wrote about this issue in "Steroids, ‘Gender,’ and Fair Play." https://everythingisbiology.substack.com/p/steroids-gender-and-fair-play . This seems like it should be a relatively straight-forward idea. Keep up the great work!
Honestly, this is so clear and logical! I never understood why it is that trans women athletes felt that they had the right to transition AND compete. And it is so often framed as a "right to exist" or to "be one's authentic self". It is not. You can exist and be your authentic self, whatever that means, you just can't compete against females.
More clarity from LSD is always appreciated but I will never refer to myself as ‘cis’. I am a female. That’s it. I don’t think about my gender identity. It is a concept that does not speak to me. I believe that women are women and transwomen are transwomen and I do not understand why that is a problem. Men are men and transmen are transmen. Why do we have to complicate everything with demanding: transwomen are women. A lot of yelling and screaming could stop if we could just state reality.
I agree that gender and athletic fairness are separate issues and that we can respect trans women's identities, and demand fairness in sports. I wrote about this issue in "Steroids, ‘Gender,’ and Fair Play." https://everythingisbiology.substack.com/p/steroids-gender-and-fair-play . This seems like it should be a relatively straight-forward idea. Keep up the great work!
Honestly, this is so clear and logical! I never understood why it is that trans women athletes felt that they had the right to transition AND compete. And it is so often framed as a "right to exist" or to "be one's authentic self". It is not. You can exist and be your authentic self, whatever that means, you just can't compete against females.