Martina takes another stand

LGBT group severs links with Navratilova over transgender comments Navratilova transgender comments spark row

Unless taking hormones reduces muscle mass, I’m with her on this.

If Anthony Davis starts to identify as a woman and starts the transformation process, I don’t think the WNBA would be a fair place for him to play basketball.

 

Billie Jean stood up for Caster Semenya yesterday, too.

 

He still wouldn’t get his team out of the first round.

 

This topic really is turning into a third rail in sports. All I really know is that I don't know what the appropriate rules should be.

The simple answer is that a person who is physically male should not be competing in women's athletics, but none of this is simple. To me, nothing should come before fairness in sports. Nothing is more important than a level playing field. But how do we level the playing field in these cases?

 

I fully appreciate the joke you are going for there, but actually, she would and that is kind of the issue.

 

But what if that team was going against an opponent with Tracy McGrady?

 

On that part, I agree with you. The use of the word cheating definitely set people off. I absolutely get why that word would offend someone who is transgender given the challenges they go through. If someone is really making that transition, they want to be treated as the gender they identify. It feels like a fair request to them, but sports makes that a very tricky issue.

That said, it is absolutely wrong and unfair for those people to label what Narvratilova said as transphobic.

 

LGBT yearly olympics

It might sound barbaric, but what you were born with is where you compete. If you want to switch genders, create a LGBT athletic organization.

 

In its statement, Athlete Ally said Navratilova's comments were "transphobic, based on a false understanding of science and data, and perpetuate dangerous myths that lead to the ongoing targeting of trans people through discriminatory laws, hateful stereotypes and disproportionate violence".

I would like some deeper insight into the science and data Martina doesn't understand and the myths she's perpetuating.

 

I think they have that on their save-get (old Atex term) every time they disagree with something someone says.

 

Unfair advantages are rampant. For example, the NBA is filled with genetic mutants who grow to freakish heights. There’s limited chance for potential players who happen to be in the “normal” range of stature to compete. Oh, there are always some exceptions of players on the shorter side of tall who succeed. But, to be fair, something should be done to counteract the over abundance of growth hormones and other genetic factors while future players are in their growth stages. My mom was always cautioning that coffee, smoking or unclean thoughts too early would “stunt my growth.” Perhaps those practices should be employed to remedy the excessively tall.