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Trans girls/biological males competing against females

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I'm hoping USMS follows the example of other sports organizations and disallows biological males who are trans females to compete against biological females.  The question of fairness/unfairness is so obvious that this topic shouldn't even need discussion, but unfortunately some of us are so blinded by the sacrosanct idea of "inclusion" that we've allowed this ridiculous idea to take hold.  Please take a fair stand on this issue.  Mike Sherrill

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  • I don't know, I don't see the big deal. I'm never swimming against the people in the water with me, I'm swimming against my own time. (Same philosophy I use in running races, cycling races, or triathlons)

    Also, my whole life there have been girls and/or women who were faster than me even though I'm a guy. So it's not like guys are automatically faster than girls. 

    I don't know, I know people are passionate about this, but it's just sports. It's not like we're in some kind of dystopian world where if you don't place at a swim meet you don't get to eat tonight. There's so much other stuff to worry about (like you think people in war-torn countries would care about this?) that this just seems small potatoes and I can't get worked up about it.

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  • I don't know, I don't see the big deal. I'm never swimming against the people in the water with me, I'm swimming against my own time. (Same philosophy I use in running races, cycling races, or triathlons)

    Also, my whole life there have been girls and/or women who were faster than me even though I'm a guy. So it's not like guys are automatically faster than girls. 

    I don't know, I know people are passionate about this, but it's just sports. It's not like we're in some kind of dystopian world where if you don't place at a swim meet you don't get to eat tonight. There's so much other stuff to worry about (like you think people in war-torn countries would care about this?) that this just seems small potatoes and I can't get worked up about it.

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