Thank you for writing this. As a trans person (and biology student) seeing all that is happening recently, this clears up a lot of questions and in a very sensitive manner. One option could be to separate simply based on xx or xy chromosomes and call it as such rather than "men's" or "women's". But I feel in discussing such issues, sex and gender (two different things) are often confused.
Thank you for reading and commenting! I was very apprehensive about writing my views on this issue because the debate is so polarized. XX+ and XY+ make sense to me, but the thing is, people need to fundamentally acknowledge that sex and gender are different. Like you said, that's not where we are now. Without that changing, a name change will still be viewed as bigoted.
Like you, there are other trans people and those with DSD on social media that I've seen agreeing that sex and gender are different, and that we need to acknowledge biology in sports. Unfortunately though, I feel these voices are drowned out and it's made to look like an Us Vs Them debate.
Thank you for writing this. As a trans person (and biology student) seeing all that is happening recently, this clears up a lot of questions and in a very sensitive manner. One option could be to separate simply based on xx or xy chromosomes and call it as such rather than "men's" or "women's". But I feel in discussing such issues, sex and gender (two different things) are often confused.
Thank you for reading and commenting! I was very apprehensive about writing my views on this issue because the debate is so polarized. XX+ and XY+ make sense to me, but the thing is, people need to fundamentally acknowledge that sex and gender are different. Like you said, that's not where we are now. Without that changing, a name change will still be viewed as bigoted.
Like you, there are other trans people and those with DSD on social media that I've seen agreeing that sex and gender are different, and that we need to acknowledge biology in sports. Unfortunately though, I feel these voices are drowned out and it's made to look like an Us Vs Them debate.