Transgender Women Competing In Sports: LGBT Doctor Analyzes The Scientific Truth

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  @samiam6016 · 4 years ago

  as somone with gender dysphoria I think we need a transgender category of sports. just let the trans women compete with eachother same with trans men not that hard.

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  @meowth8225 · 4 years ago

  Dude, when you said you were a member of the lgbt community, I fully expected you to use your platform as a doctor to cherry pick studies and present a pseudo-scientific argument, but you didn't do that. Really impressed with your objectivity and for telling an inconvenient truth that your own community is probably going to hate you for. Respect.

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  @kdeezo326 · 4 years ago

  I’m amazed that this even has to be explained to adults.  This is a major part of basic biology that we learned as kids in elementary school.  Where did the ball get dropped?

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  @LuckkyCanuck · 3 years ago

  As a member of the LGBT community and a long time coach of both male and female elite athletes, I have extensive first hand experience that the argument that biological males have no inherent advantage over females is absolutely 100% incorrect. Even the very best of the female athletes I have coached, who were absolutely incredible athletes, wouldn't have stood a chance against the males. If forced to compete against them, they might as well have just quit, which would be a terrible shame. I'm glad to see a reasonable and rational approach to this subject. Much appreciated.

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  @user-ts8ec7mm7u · 4 years ago

  I agree. It isn't fair, and its ignoring reality to look away at those biological differences. Women deserve rights and shouldn't be losing their sex based rights

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• JD

  @jdaws4896 · 4 years ago

  It’s good to see someone tell the FACTS not the feelings about this subject 👍🏻

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  @MassDriver5450 · 4 years ago (edited)

  You have NO idea how refreshing it was to watch a video on a controversial topic that was completely objective and science based. Recognizing biological realities is not transphobic. As you said, this one facet of trans rights is not an excuse for bigotry; it&apos;s simply trying to make good policies that are based on objective facts derived from the latest good data. And who knows? Maybe as this is studied more, the data will show that trans-women don&apos;t really have as big of an advantage or different hormone therapies can make sports more fair. But has of now, it certainly does appear that trans-women do indeed have an innate physiological advantage over cis-women. <br>SUBSCRIBED

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  @kespo5358 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I experienced that in-utero testosterone boost when I was pregnant with my twin sons. It was insane! My hormones are still not back to normal years after delivering them. And my sons have been more physically strong from birth than the other babies I&apos;ve known in my entire life even though my sons were premature.

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• SD

  @Sdewebb · 4 years ago

  You are the most objective person I&apos;ve seen speak on this subject. Thank you seriously for your research.

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  @sonicboom126 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve so long to hear someone from the lgbt community to state biologic facts in a respective manner that both sides can understand without putting their repetitive ideals and saying the same thing you&apos;d expect to hear while making different points. To finally see a video like this to me is a video all who argue about this on &nbsp;twitter and so on should see.

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• YA

  @yashd2476 · 3 years ago

  Damn huge respect bro! I hope this video blows up and is able to spread awareness about this unfairness.

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• MI

  @michaelhargrove9076 · 3 years ago

  Dr. Ryan, thanks for a compassionately reasoned explanation of something that gets a disproportionate amount of attention for the number of people affected. And the attention is often at the expense of trans people generally. Thanks you for encouraging people to see that the participation of trans women needs a nuanced perspective rather than an all or nothing attitude. <br><br>My background is mainly in secondary education. I know that being a part of an athletic team is an important part of many teens’ lives. Although I want trans students to be able to have such an enriching experience, I don’t want it to come at the expense of cis girl athletes. The number of trans girl athletes is certainly very small. I’ve not see national numbers, but the governor of Utah said that out of 75,000 student athletes, there was one trans girl. I suspect that the ratio of high school trans girl athletes is minuscule throughout the nation. <br><br>I would think that some practical guidelines for each sport-and a little creativity-could figure out how to allow athletic opportunities for trans girls who wish to participate athletically while still protecting safety and fairness for cis girls. For instance, the guidelines for badminton or volleyball would probably be different than for track &amp;field or soccer. Some athletes might be happy to train with and be a part of a team, but have other responsibilities during actual competition. These won’t solve every challenge, but they could help many more trans youth than the draconian, one-size-fits-all laws currently being enacted.

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