High school runner brings spotlight to Alaska transgender policy

http://www.ktva.com/high-school-runner-brings-spotlight-to-alaska-transgender-policy-432/

KTVA/By Jake Edmonds 1:05 PM May 28, 2016

"ANCHORAGE – Haines runner Nattaphon Wangyot qualified for the girls 1-2-3A 100-meter and 200-meter finals Friday afternoon at the high school state track and field meet, but unlike her competitors, she was born a male.
Transgender equality has become a hot topic of discussion around the country, and Alaska is no exception. The Alaska Schools Activities Association recently implemented a policy to allow individual school districts to decide if a transgender athlete can compete in a sport as the gender they identify with.

"We didn't want to necessarily create a situation where we were going to bring in a committee and those types of things just because it's just not practical here," said ASAA Executive Director Billy Strickland during Friday's meet."

So if it's unfair for an M-F to compete what would it be for an F-M.

It's weird too, because the common belief that men are faster than woman is literally just a belief, because statistically woman are faster and more paced runners... > _ >;

I believe in professional sports a trans women can compete provided she's medically transitioned for s suitable period, as this removes any male advantage. Here's one link among many

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/01/22/transgender-people-will-be-allowed-to-compete-in-the-olympics-without-surgery/

In school though I assume this will often not be the case. I could see this causing problems.

Quote from: stephaniec on May 28, 2016, 08:04:00 PM
So if it's unfair for an M-F to compete what would it be for an F-M.

That's kind of unfair too, he probably don't have much chance of winning.

Testosterone results in   Increased aerobic capacity due to a higher red blood cell count.  It also results in more muscle mass which is an advantage in short races.  So a MTF not on HRT starts out with a physiological advantage.  A FTM not on HRT does not have that advantage. 


Sapere Aude

I could be mistaken , but it seems to me quite discriminatory to let one race , but the other not or have neither race base on the one being unfair advantage of the one or to let both race for fairness of both.

It's not fair to the CIS girls to let someone compete who is effectively on anabolic steroids.  That problem disappears with blockers if they are being taken.


Sapere Aude

too confusing for me