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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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  • For any effort to categorize people, you have to consider both what traits should define the categories and how to police the boundaries. I disagree that the best answers to either of those issues are obvious for sex categorization within USMS competition. Every barrier we put up to participation will discourage people from volunteering to organize events and from participating in them, not least because those barriers will increase costs and hassles for everyone.

    It's long, but this article from December 2023 describes a lot of the science (as much as science currently knows) and the trade-offs. I encourage anyone who cares about women in sports to read it.

    Who Gets to Play in Women’s Leagues_ _ The New Yorker.pdf

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  • For any effort to categorize people, you have to consider both what traits should define the categories and how to police the boundaries. I disagree that the best answers to either of those issues are obvious for sex categorization within USMS competition. Every barrier we put up to participation will discourage people from volunteering to organize events and from participating in them, not least because those barriers will increase costs and hassles for everyone.

    It's long, but this article from December 2023 describes a lot of the science (as much as science currently knows) and the trade-offs. I encourage anyone who cares about women in sports to read it.

    Who Gets to Play in Women’s Leagues_ _ The New Yorker.pdf

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