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In reply to the discussion: Transgender track athlete makes history as controversy swirls around her [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)It's great to see her break barriers and be treated how she identifies.
However, the physical differences do give her quite an advantage. And when you look at how much more than just a trophy can be at stake when some of these young athletes are competing for college scholarships it doesn't seem fair.
It's an issue I see the Armed Forces will probably have to tackle very soon as well. On the standard Army PT test the standards for males and females are very different, and figuring out how to work trans Soldiers into that will be tough with no easy answers. A male who just passed the test would have a much higher score on the female scale, and when and where do you draw that line? Especially if you going to recognize non-binary and other genders aside from male and female.