A Side Effect of Not Acknowledging Transgender Students: Here's what happens when you don't accept the reality of transgender students. They compete against girls in wrestling, and...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Here's what happens when you don't accept the reality of transgender students. They compete against girls in wrestling, and they use the girls' restroom.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/meet-the-texas-wrestler-who-won-a-girls-state-title-his-name-is-mack/2017/02/25/982bd61c-fb6f-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?utm_term=.8a2bd49ff15e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

This is wrong in every way! I can't believe we've come to this.

jerryc41 wrote:

Here's what happens when you don't accept the reality of transgender students. They compete against girls in wrestling, and they use the girls' restroom.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/meet-the-texas-wrestler-who-won-a-girls-state-title-his-name-is-mack/2017/02/25/982bd61c-fb6f-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?utm_term=.8a2bd49ff15e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

fredthegraycat

Despite the obvious controversy, this is a case of doping. No different from Lance. If all the girls were boosting their testosterone the outcome would be different. This just isn't fair on so many levels...

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

kids on drugs, strip the title.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

oldtigger wrote:

kids on drugs, strip the title.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Huey Driver wrote:

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Then contact your state representatives.

bettis1 Loc: Texas

Here's a thought...when you step out of the shower, look in the mirror. If you still can't tell, call yo mama.

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

This is a complicated problem because Beggs was allowed to use performance enhancing drugs and the other wrestlers were not. Beggs was obviously a very good wrestler. Never having seen Beggs wrestle, I cannot judge how good Beggs is.

I coached wrestling at the high school, college and international levels and have never seen a situation like this. The situation seems to be about performance enhancing drugs as much as gender identity.

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

If the powers that be, ie the UIL in Texas, allowed wrestlers to choose their gender, a group of males could all claim that they wanted to be females, they would likely win the team title for their particular state. Males are faster and stronger than females. I of course realize that I could not outrun a female world class sprinter but if we look at world records, we find that men have run faster, jumped higher and farther and lifted more weight than women.
Men competing against women would not be fair to the women. What is the solution to this problem?

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

The solution is common sense. I doubt there is such a thing anymore.

Wrangler Loc: North Texas

kpmac wrote:

The solution is common sense. I doubt there is such a thing anymore.

Sometimes I think that common sense has been replaced by PC.

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

Where are the screaming libs wanting equal justice for their gender....(crickets).....

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bettis1 wrote:

Here's a thought...when you step out of the shower, look in the mirror. If you still can't tell, call yo mama.

Since Texas considers this person a girl, would he also use the girls' restrooms and showers?

firtree Loc: Florida, USA

Wrangler wrote:

Sometimes I think that common sense has been replaced by PC.

And that is a HUGE part of the overall problem!

firtree Loc: Florida, USA

Wrangler wrote:

This is a complicated problem because Beggs was allowed to use performance enhancing drugs and the other wrestlers were not. Beggs was obviously a very good wrestler. Never having seen Beggs wrestle, I cannot judge how good Beggs is.

I coached wrestling at the high school, college and international levels and have never seen a situation like this. The situation seems to be about performance enhancing drugs as much as gender identity.

Agreed!