Water Dog wrote:I have a question wrote:I've already said, you can hand your scholarship money over to whomever you choose. It's your money, you get to decide.
So, you flatly refuse to answer the question. That speaks for itself and I rest my case.
Firstly, I have answered your question. You might not like the answer, it might not fit the pre-determined little boxes you wanted the answer to fall within, but I have indeed given you my answer to your question.
Secondly, you may rest your case, but I'm not sure what case you think you've made that you are now resting.
As I understand it, sporting competitions make biological 'sex' determinations as to who can enter a male or female competition, rather than gender identity. It's the rules of entry you need to be referring to, not me.
Your understanding is wrong. Countless examples of this, google is your friend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ear ... e68aab2bcdFrom that link:
Laurel Hubbard made history this weekend by becoming the first transgender female to win an international weightlifting title for New Zealand. But her victory in the over-90-kilogram division, in which she lifted a combined total of 268 kilograms (roughly 590 pounds) to best silver medalist Iuniarra Sipaia of Samoa by 19 kilograms (roughly 42 pounds), was not without controversy.
Despite a year’s worth of blood tests showing Hubbard had no more testosterone running through her veins than any of the other female weightlifters competing in the Australian International this weekend, some of those Hubbard beat questioned the fairness of the competition.
“If I was in that category I wouldn’t feel like I was in an equal situation,” two-time Olympian Deborah Acason, who competes at the 75-kilogram level, told New Zealand news site Stuff. “I just feel that if it’s not even, why are we doing the sport?”
According to the IOC, Hubbard, who previously competed as a man, is a woman. Under guidelines recommended in November 2015, the IOC no longer requires transgender women to undergo surgery then wait two years. Now, a transgender woman need only to wait 12 months after starting hormone replacement therapy and demonstrate that her testosterone levels are within acceptable limits.
In what way does that link not support my understanding that sporting competitions make biological 'sex' determinations as to who can/cannot participate in any given event? Her biology has changed to fit within the competition rules, therefore the governing body have ruled she can compete as a woman.