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Question: Why aren’t transgender men lining up to participate in men’s sports? The obvious reason, I think, is that they are biologically women who, due to physical realities, generally cannot be competitive against men. And depending on the degree of physical contact required, they can risk serious bodily injury.
Logic then dictates, I believe, that transgender women should not compete in women’s sports for the same reasons: Unfairness, and risk of injury. One supposition cannot be true while the other is not.
I believe there are two sexes and that they are not interchangeable, despite any delusion to the contrary.
Jack Gagnon
Lakeville