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Title: Transgender kids and sports: what's fair for everyone?
Post by: Shana A on February 13, 2010, 06:46:15 AM
Post by: Shana A on February 13, 2010, 06:46:15 AM
Transgender kids and sports: what's fair for everyone?
Matt Kailey
http://www.tranifesto.com/2010/02/transgender-kids-and-sports-whats-fair.html (http://www.tranifesto.com/2010/02/transgender-kids-and-sports-whats-fair.html)
When I was in sixth grade, both my nemesis and my idol were the same person--Mary Louise.
Mary Louise was small, compact, and cute--a blonde Sally Field. I was hulking and chubby, with hair like a Brillo pad.
Mary Louise could run faster and throw a ball farther than anyone in the class, including the boys. I was always the last one to straggle in, panting and puffing, at the end of a forced lap around the playground at gym.
Matt Kailey
http://www.tranifesto.com/2010/02/transgender-kids-and-sports-whats-fair.html (http://www.tranifesto.com/2010/02/transgender-kids-and-sports-whats-fair.html)
When I was in sixth grade, both my nemesis and my idol were the same person--Mary Louise.
Mary Louise was small, compact, and cute--a blonde Sally Field. I was hulking and chubby, with hair like a Brillo pad.
Mary Louise could run faster and throw a ball farther than anyone in the class, including the boys. I was always the last one to straggle in, panting and puffing, at the end of a forced lap around the playground at gym.