LGFA welcome Transgender players.
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Its from U12 up to Adult.
So you could have a 18yr old 'man' tackling a 16 yr old 'girl' in a Minor match !
Or a 25-30 yr old tackling a 18yr old in a Senior/Intermediate/Junior match !
Theres no legitimate sporting reason for it to happen.... not 1.
Same as the transgender males competing in swimming/basketball , whatever sport, its not right .
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Theres limits set out by the LGFA.
"Confirmation from a General Practitioner or suitably qualified medical practitioner confirming the Applicant’s total testosterone level in serum during the previous 12 months is equal to or less than 10 nanomoles per litre (nmol/L)"
Typical total testosterone levels in children and adolescents
AgeMale (in ng/dl)7–10 years old 1.80 to 5.68 Female (in ng/dl)2.69 to 10.29
AgeMale (in ng/dl)13–17 years old208.08 to 496.58 Female (in ng/dl)16.72 to 31.55
Typical total testosterone levels in adults
Testosterone levels change throughout a person’s lifetime. Below are typical total testosterone levels in malesTrusted Source
and females.
AgeMale (in ng/dl)19 years and older265–923 Female (in ng/dl) 15–70
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No, the GP's are supposed to check...
And a boy transitioning into a girl is not simply 'another player' ...
In soccer, girls cannot play on boys teams after U16 level..... Why would that be ?
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"It’s hard to see the rational basis for these concerns when they’ve never restricted players by size or weight or strength before."
Really?
RUGBY -
"The IRFU references ‘recent peer-reviewed research’ which it says ‘provides evidence that there are physical differences between those people whose sex was assigned as male and those as female at birth, and advantages in strength, stamina and physique brought about by male puberty (which) are significant and retained even after testosterone suppression’. The English RFU recently
decided to no longer allow transgender women compete in female contact leagues. Sporting organisations, to one extent or another, have been considering their position in the area and formulating a position for several years."
SWIMMING -
FINA, swimming’s world governing body, has a policy which states transgender women can only compete in women’s competitions if ‘they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later’.
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Cycling’s governing body, UCI, has updated its rules and brought in stricter eligibility criteria including lowering the maximum plasma testosterone level permitted for transgender female athletes.
Yeh so size or weight doesnt matter ??
"It concluded that the inclusion of trans women in female categories in most sports could not be balanced with fairness, and in some sports, safety. "
On average, compared to age-matched females at any given body weight, adult males have:
- ⚬ 40- 50% greater upper limb strength
- ⚬ 20-40% greater lower limb strength
- ⚬ 12kg more skeletal muscle mass
At full growth females are an average of 5-6 inches shorter than males. NHS 2018 states average young adult heights in England as:
- ⚬ Female 5ft 4 1/2 inches
- ⚬ Male 5ft 10 inches
- ⚬ 50% of males are taller than some 97% of females [when plotted across population]
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U12 girls play against U12 girls. U14 - U16 - etc
U12boys play against U12 boys. etc etc.... Based on age because of the onset of puberty ...
(i cant believe i have to spell all this out !)
why? Because are different, physically, and mentally.
Why have the sporting organisations ruled against transgenders playing their sports then?
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I would guess whatever the medical experts would say she has.
i know boys during puberty could have up to 5times as much testosterone as girls after 10years of age ....
FRom the link i posted earlier :
Typical total testosterone levels in children and adolescents
AgeMale (in ng/dl) 7–10 years old 1.80 to 5.68 Female (in ng/dl)2.69 to 10.29
AgeMale (in ng/dl) 13–17 years old 208.08 to 496.58 Female (in ng/dl)16.72 to 31.55
Do you see any dangers at all allowing transgendering boys to play a contact sport against girls?
And no one mentioned changing rooms etc yet ...
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Isnt that sexism ? Shur yaa cant do that.... 😲
I just think it a very silly route for an organisation to down and allow happen when other organisations (swimming) allowed a transgender man to come into womens swimming and beat the majority of women swimming, get a (deserved) backlash, and then back track and say 'Sorry, no more'.......
It can/will only end badly, because theres no way it can work , either on the field or in the dressing rooms etc
Like for example - if an U16 girls team are in the dressing room putting on jersies etc, using the toilet before the game, would they feel comfortable with a transgendering boy in the dressing room , because if she is entitled to play ladies football, she must be entitled to get changed with the girls?
Or a minor team, or a Junior team ....
Someone tell me how it supposed to work...... @AndrewJRenko
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