No! We should not be giving them anything. An open category is just capitulating to a very vocal minority. This madness has to stop.
I have no problem with that.
Good luck getting this idiocy back in the tube.
“No! We should not be giving them anything. An open category is just capitulating to a very vocal minority. This madness has to stop.”
Considering the state the courts are in, worldwide, this is probably the best that could be hoped for. It does make an exception for the freaks to have their own category, but it sets strict limits as to who/what qualifies for that category. It creates a separate division so they can’t be accused of denying “trans athletes” the opportunity to compete in a competitive setting.
This is actually set up to survive a court case while still, somewhat, following science.
It stipulates that “transgender women can only compete in the organization’s women’s races if they have completed their transition by the age of 12.”
Completion of transition means not only having gone through puberty at the proper hormone levels for females but also having had all surgeries finished by age 12.
“They will then have to prove to the federation that they have continuously suppressed their testosterone levels since...”
That is a major roadblock to the idiots like this “Lia Thomas” who can’t compete in the men’s division and claim to be transgender in order to clean up in the women’s division.
Sooner or later attention seeking parents are going to have their kids undergoing hormone replacement at younger ages in order to qualify for the new open division. That will be another battle for another day.