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<blockquote data-quote="Cam" data-source="post: 302953" data-attributes="member: 568"><p>All of this talk reminds me of Renee Richards. For those unfamiliar, she was a male-to-female sexual reassignment transgender person who competed on the women's circuit in tennis back in the 70's. Performed fairly well for a 40+ year old athlete, a lot due to what she gained physically by living a life as a man for the first half of her life. I think even she thought if she underwent reassignment surgery in her early 20's she would have been dominant. The key relation to this thread in regards to politics is how she challenged the New York Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the US Open. Grabbing the quote from Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">On August 16, 1977, Judge Alfred M. Ascione found in Richards' favor. He ruled: "This person is now a female" and that requiring Richards to pass the Barr body test was "grossly unfair, discriminatory and inequitable, and a violation of her rights." He further ruled that the USTA intentionally discriminated against Richards, and granted Richards an injunction against the USTA and the USOC, allowing her to play in the US Open.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All this being said, the amount of commitment someone who need to have to make this switch over to another gender's sports category is an incredible amount. I think some of the fear people have for women's sports being flooded by male-to-female transgender people is unwarranted. There would surely be very strict ways of confirming that someone isn't lying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cam, post: 302953, member: 568"] All of this talk reminds me of Renee Richards. For those unfamiliar, she was a male-to-female sexual reassignment transgender person who competed on the women's circuit in tennis back in the 70's. Performed fairly well for a 40+ year old athlete, a lot due to what she gained physically by living a life as a man for the first half of her life. I think even she thought if she underwent reassignment surgery in her early 20's she would have been dominant. The key relation to this thread in regards to politics is how she challenged the New York Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the US Open. Grabbing the quote from Wikipedia: [INDENT]On August 16, 1977, Judge Alfred M. Ascione found in Richards' favor. He ruled: "This person is now a female" and that requiring Richards to pass the Barr body test was "grossly unfair, discriminatory and inequitable, and a violation of her rights." He further ruled that the USTA intentionally discriminated against Richards, and granted Richards an injunction against the USTA and the USOC, allowing her to play in the US Open.[/INDENT] All this being said, the amount of commitment someone who need to have to make this switch over to another gender's sports category is an incredible amount. I think some of the fear people have for women's sports being flooded by male-to-female transgender people is unwarranted. There would surely be very strict ways of confirming that someone isn't lying. [/QUOTE]
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