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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player. |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player."
It's a very difficult subject and every point of view has the the potential to offend some.
Ultimately, Safety of players should be the number one factor in every sport.
Cal |
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Sounds like they were out to prove themselves, at best.
Rugby is a particularly dangerous sport when played overly agressively, so the ref probably acted correctly, if not leniently. There is no room for a dangerous gameplayer, agression has to be managed.
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"Sounds like they were out to prove themselves, at best.
Rugby is a particularly dangerous sport when played overly agressively, so the ref probably acted correctly, if not leniently. There is no room for a dangerous gameplayer, agression has to be managed.
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They? There was one person, a male, born male, observed and recorded as male when born. Physically male, men should not compete against females in sports. Thankfully some sports organisations are now blocking males. |
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By *mf123Man
over a year ago
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Sounds like a recipe for disaster soon will follow assault charges or worse
We have had womens teams train against us and even taking 50% off your intensity can do unintended damage even in just training with padding and shields you only need get a techniqe wrong once and its blue lights |
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There may well have been no illegal hits, but the risk of serious injury is off the scale when two people of massively different sizes and weights collide. Safety has to be number one priority. This is madness; someone will end up in a wheelchair - or worse. |
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By *929Man
over a year ago
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Surely there has to be some sort of line drawn? A 16 stone bloke deciding he wants to compete with lasses is never going to be fair, even if they were made to suppress their testosterone down the the level of a woman’s for years before competing they still will have an unfair advantage. Imagine a prime Mike Tyson identifying as female and facing a female boxer the results would be horrific. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high. "
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Surely there has to be some sort of line drawn? A 16 stone bloke deciding he wants to compete with lasses is never going to be fair, even if they were made to suppress their testosterone down the the level of a woman’s for years before competing they still will have an unfair advantage. Imagine a prime Mike Tyson identifying as female and facing a female boxer the results would be horrific. "
This player identifies as non-binary so not sure they are on any testosterone treatment. Canadian Rugby allows this.
From the video the player looks male.
https://youtu.be/hgiptIm0ACE |
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The bone density and muscle structure of a male is far more significant than in a woman.. this should never be allowed, contact sport should never be allowed to have trans people like this in.. some governing bodies are banning them .. it’s just getting ridiculous now, birth males are a total different body type and physiology to women |
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By *hagTonightMan
over a year ago
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player.
It's a very difficult subject and every point of view has the the potential to offend some.
Ultimately, Safety of players should be the number one factor in every sport.
Cal"
This  . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level."
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they? |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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Contact sports is a whole other monster compare to things like track and field and none contact sports.
We can go back and forth on performance of faster, stronger athletic etc etc but when it comes to something like this where potential injury to another player/competitor it needs to be much more definitive ruling.
The problem is maybe some trans women in the sport are much closer to size and mass to what their team mates and competition are while others (this case prime example) are simply a huge mass to contend with. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level.
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they? "
Yes they did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/35574993/rugby-saved-transgender-player-julie-curtiss-fighting-rfu-ban-her%3fplatform=amp |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player.
It's a very difficult subject and every point of view has the the potential to offend some.
Ultimately, Safety of players should be the number one factor in every sport.
Cal"
I disagree. Its not that difficult at all. There is no place in sport for dangerous play that harms a players safety. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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It's pleasantly refreshing to see this topic being discussed sensibly by adults, without the usual faux accusations of "transphobia" being thrown around.
Bess x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's pleasantly refreshing to see this topic being discussed sensibly by adults, without the usual faux accusations of "transphobia" being thrown around.
Bess x"
Its nice to see it discussed without hyperbole from either end of the spectrum.
Long may it last  |
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level.
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they?
Yes they did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/35574993/rugby-saved-transgender-player-julie-curtiss-fighting-rfu-ban-her%3fplatform=amp"
I think the language used is clumsy. They didnt ban them. They baned them from the female contact sport... "Trans women, irrespective of if they have played contact rugby previously, will no longer
be able to participate in the female category for contact rugby".
They can currently play mens or touch.
It is worth reading the rfu website for more information.
Link here.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-council-votes-in-favour-of-change-to-gender-participation-policy
The salient point being that other players are effected by any policies along with transwomen, is it right that policy to allow transwomen to play womens contact rugby at the expense and injury to other women as it would kill the sport.
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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Same with that cyclist Rachel McKinnon, I remember then winning the masters against tiny little women who didn’t stand a chance, after they spend years competing as a man and coming last.
Then they went in to publish a PhD about why lying about certain things is good. Males you wonder what else they are lying about
But Rugby is contact sport, sounds like a bloke who just enjoys roughing women up.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level.
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they?
Yes they did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/35574993/rugby-saved-transgender-player-julie-curtiss-fighting-rfu-ban-her%3fplatform=amp"
That's the article I was reading this morning!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level.
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they?
Yes they did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/35574993/rugby-saved-transgender-player-julie-curtiss-fighting-rfu-ban-her%3fplatform=amp
I think the language used is clumsy. They didnt ban them. They baned them from the female contact sport... "Trans women, irrespective of if they have played contact rugby previously, will no longer
be able to participate in the female category for contact rugby".
They can currently play mens or touch.
It is worth reading the rfu website for more information.
Link here.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-council-votes-in-favour-of-change-to-gender-participation-policy
The salient point being that other players are effected by any policies along with transwomen, is it right that policy to allow transwomen to play womens contact rugby at the expense and injury to other women as it would kill the sport.
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Many of the headlines refer to banning trans people from sport, when that isn't at all what's happened. People can still play within their own sex category. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Contact sports is a whole other monster compare to things like track and field and none contact sports.
We can go back and forth on performance of faster, stronger athletic etc etc but when it comes to something like this where potential injury to another player/competitor it needs to be much more definitive ruling.
The problem is maybe some trans women in the sport are much closer to size and mass to what their team mates and competition are while others (this case prime example) are simply a huge mass to contend with. "
Its not just the size. Males have more muscle density. Has one of the woman injured said.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said the player. “There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.” |
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"Thank god Rugby in the UK has banned trans women playing in women's contact rugby - the risk of serious injury is so high.
It banned by World Rugby at international level competitions. But its up to a individual country what they do at domestic level.
Ok. But the RFU did ban trans women last year didnt they?
Yes they did.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/35574993/rugby-saved-transgender-player-julie-curtiss-fighting-rfu-ban-her%3fplatform=amp
I think the language used is clumsy. They didnt ban them. They baned them from the female contact sport... "Trans women, irrespective of if they have played contact rugby previously, will no longer
be able to participate in the female category for contact rugby".
They can currently play mens or touch.
It is worth reading the rfu website for more information.
Link here.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-council-votes-in-favour-of-change-to-gender-participation-policy
The salient point being that other players are effected by any policies along with transwomen, is it right that policy to allow transwomen to play womens contact rugby at the expense and injury to other women as it would kill the sport.
Many of the headlines refer to banning trans people from sport, when that isn't at all what's happened. People can still play within their own sex category. "
Exactly that. Theres a lot of inaccurate chickbait... Its harmful for the genuine opportunities that do exist.
But you dont need a phd or to be a genius to work out some things regarding participant safety in contact sports. Despite how much some people want to force an issue |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone? |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?"
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality. |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?"
A good question. Im sure the other players love the risk to their well being |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality. "
I hope I don't get pelters for this because I'd love to know the nuances but are they male to female trans if they identify as non binary and not transitioning? |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality. "
But non-binary is not the same as being transgender, is it? My understanding is that non-binary people do not identify as a binary gender (male or female). Transgender people feel they were assigned the wrong gender and wish to live as the opposite gender, e.g. male to female or vice versa, but they do identify with one of the binary options. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality.
But non-binary is not the same as being transgender, is it? My understanding is that non-binary people do not identify as a binary gender (male or female). Transgender people feel they were assigned the wrong gender and wish to live as the opposite gender, e.g. male to female or vice versa, but they do identify with one of the binary options. "
Yet I keep coming across non-binary people saying they're trans (possibly because Stonewall says they are?).  |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality.
But non-binary is not the same as being transgender, is it? My understanding is that non-binary people do not identify as a binary gender (male or female). Transgender people feel they were assigned the wrong gender and wish to live as the opposite gender, e.g. male to female or vice versa, but they do identify with one of the binary options. "
That's a good point. So. A person who chooses to be non binary but is biologically male, can choose to play for a womens team? |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality.
But non-binary is not the same as being transgender, is it? My understanding is that non-binary people do not identify as a binary gender (male or female). Transgender people feel they were assigned the wrong gender and wish to live as the opposite gender, e.g. male to female or vice versa, but they do identify with one of the binary options.
That's a good point. So. A person who chooses to be non binary but is biologically male, can choose to play for a womens team? "
There have been several examples in marathons and cycling recently of just this. Some marathons have a non-binary category. Boston, London, New York. Which means that biological men could win all three categories if trans women are permitted to race in the women's category. |
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Physiologically male should not be in direct sports contact with physiological female. It’s at best an unfair physical advantage at worst just dangerous. Seems straightforward to me. |
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"Physiologically male should not be in direct sports contact with physiological female. It’s at best an unfair physical advantage at worst just dangerous. Seems straightforward to me. "
Youd think so... But seemingly not so straightforward |
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"Physiologically male should not be in direct sports contact with physiological female. It’s at best an unfair physical advantage at worst just dangerous. Seems straightforward to me.
Youd think so... But seemingly not so straightforward "
It's not biologically as straightforward as people like to think. Differences of sexual development are more common than we realise. Someone like Caster Semenya doesn't meet the biological definitions we use of male or female really. But she is female in terms of visible external genitalia and was assigned female at birth (based on what could be seen, presumably). She would be legitimately on the ladies rugby team. |
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"I’m going to try out for the mens rugby team, I only want to get in the bath with all those hunks at the end of the game."
Go for it. Knock 'em dead...
Maybe that's one for the "bad advice" thread  |
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"Physiologically male should not be in direct sports contact with physiological female. It’s at best an unfair physical advantage at worst just dangerous. Seems straightforward to me.
Youd think so... But seemingly not so straightforward
It's not biologically as straightforward as people like to think. Differences of sexual development are more common than we realise. Someone like Caster Semenya doesn't meet the biological definitions we use of male or female really. But she is female in terms of visible external genitalia and was assigned female at birth (based on what could be seen, presumably). She would be legitimately on the ladies rugby team. "
Nippy winger? |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player."
Do not see this man as trans more a women hater looking to hurt people..
Will damage trans people guaranteed. |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player.
Do not see this man as trans more a women hater looking to hurt people..
Will damage trans people guaranteed. "
Does it matter to you if women are damaged? |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player.
Do not see this man as trans more a women hater looking to hurt people..
Will damage trans people guaranteed.
Does it matter to you if women are damaged? "
It is possible to be concerned for both. |
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"Contact sports is a whole other monster compare to things like track and field and none contact sports.
We can go back and forth on performance of faster, stronger athletic etc etc but when it comes to something like this where potential injury to another player/competitor it needs to be much more definitive ruling.
The problem is maybe some trans women in the sport are much closer to size and mass to what their team mates and competition are while others (this case prime example) are simply a huge mass to contend with.
Its not just the size. Males have more muscle density. Has one of the woman injured said.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said the player. “There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.” "
I played at a good level and as a team we would train to hurt witch made you damage muscle so it would grow back bigger and stronger. My playing waight was 22 stone and was trained to hit rugby is like boxing its got better with head injury but its a brutal sport you can't put a trans into a female team its just not right. |
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"Sorry if I'm showing ignorance here but if they identify as non-binary, why are they allowed to compete in the women's game and not just stay in the men's game if they aren't taking anything to suppress testosterone?
Political correctness, culture wars. Militant trans right groups that are pushing for equality, but ignoring the physiological differences in the sexes and that male to female trans competing in female compition is not equality.
But non-binary is not the same as being transgender, is it? My understanding is that non-binary people do not identify as a binary gender (male or female). Transgender people feel they were assigned the wrong gender and wish to live as the opposite gender, e.g. male to female or vice versa, but they do identify with one of the binary options. "
Yes, sorry in this case it was a non-binary and not a trans. But even the transgender athletes no longer need to have testosterone levels decreased for Olympics.
The rule was flawed anyway, By adulthood the physiological advantages have already been well developed. No amount of hormone therapy can reverse those advantages. |
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"Time for the rest of the team/s to refuse to play. Its such an entitled attitude by some trans athletes and sadly its the male entitlement attitude that comes through in these cases."
It is a slippery path. At elite level if i had a chance to earn a good living by identifying as non binary and playing womens professional sport... Its tempting.
At community level, its very different. I cant imagine how the rugby volunteers who run the game would respond to the similar circumstance... Is it enough that they just declare themselves non binary and wish to play with the girls? How do the other girls react? |
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This can’t work - rugby is such a physical game and has to be played under sticked rules ( or laws ) . A pro rugby player can’t play down the divisions as a 16 year old can’t play senior rugby for the same reasons . Not even a discussion point a man can’t play in the female game . Unlike many other sports rugby HAS to stick to the very sticked rules . |
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"It's a very difficult subject and every point of view has the the potential to offend some.
Ultimately, Safety of players should be the number one factor in every sport.
Cal"
And therein lies the problem. Someone may be offended. So what? Let whomever BE offended. Transwomen should not compete against real (deliberate use of word) women.
Non transphobic/non homophobic Frank |
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"A transgender woman rugby player in Canada who identifies as non-binary was named 'men’s hardest hitter' just last year according to her former team's Facebook page.
This transgender player, now known as Ash is said to have registered as a non-binary person who identifies as female and weighs up to 220 pounds.
“I had never been hit like that before, even at the competitive women’s level,” said a player who faced Davis.
“There was so much more brute force. There are women who are bigger than him, but no girl hits like that. This is a strong human.”
Diana Murphy, a friend of some of the players who recently faced Ash, tweeted: “Three women’s rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a transwoman” and that she feels “Trans have no place in women’s sports.”
Rugby Canada said there were no illegal hits, but sources who watched the game told the Toronto Sun Ash received a yellow card from the referee for a hit to the head of one female player.
Do not see this man as trans more a women hater looking to hurt people..
Will damage trans people guaranteed.
Does it matter to you if women are damaged? "
In these situations people tend to forget that women's divisions in sport were created for a reason, because men are athletically superior across the board in most sports. Endurance sports are about the only one I can think of that women seem to outshine the men.
High school age males regularly beat world records set by women in athletics.
It's simply not fair for anyone who has gone through puberty as a male and gotten that influx of testosterone and all the benefits that come with it, to be competing with biological females in any sport that involves strength/explosiveness. There's a reason testis banned as a PED for both men and women. |
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