Posted on Feb 7, 2020
Kansas lawmaker pursues bill on transgender youth in sports
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A conservative legislator in Kansas is pursuing a proposal to prevent transgender high school and middle school students from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identities, and LGBTQ rights advocates are trying to kill it even before he can formally introduce it.
Kansas lawmaker pursues bill on transgender youth in sports
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Perhaps requiring certain testosterone levels would level the playing field?
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To a certain degree but what’s the harm in allowing any FTM to compete with the boys? Going the other way, there are only so many options available at a young age, mainly puberty blockers. It generally accepted that trans youth are not eligible for surgery until 18, 16 at the earliest. Often cross-sex hormones are not administered until 16, possibly a year or 2 earlier at most. Additionally, puberty blockers cannot be started until youth reach Tanner stage 2 of development which requires increased T levels to a certain extent. Lastly, testosterone is not the be all end all of athletic success in all sports.
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