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Let Them Play: How Welcoming Trans Athletes Can Improve Sports Culture for All (www.texasobserver.org)

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Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.

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[–] yessikg@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll say it again: make all sports mixed and divide by classes that actually make sense for each sport, like weight or height

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That still doesn't work. When I transitioned, I was a sub elite runner. My weight didn't change, but my body fat and muscle mass ratio did, and I ended up slower. I also lost strength, and cardio capacity. None of which was reflected by my weight or height...

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Those were just examples, like boxing does weight for classes