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There already is segregation in sports. This is not new and for some it’s not some targeted attack on trans people. It’s coming from the same reason we separate men and women’s sports. In fact, it’s quite inclusionary to try to segregate trans sports because that’s what we do already. One day trans people may no longer be the minority they are and you might be thinking, hey I’d like to have a trans exclusive league.
The whole idea is to have a league where people are cool with playing with trans people or even make it a league where anybody can play, but also keep leagues for just cis people. Then if you want have a trans league.
It literally is. The transphobic organisations pushing this openly admit that it's a wedge tactic, a first step to make future trans segregation easier.
You can rest assured, we will not reach a day when I enjoy being segregated
So, "open" leagues tend to just be mens leagues, with the odd adventurous cis woman, and the gender diverse people that have been pushed out of their other spaces.
And I don't want to play with men for the same reason that most cis women don't want to play with men. On average, they are stronger, faster and put me at a higher risk of injury.
And it doesn't matter how "open" the league is, when the majority of people in it are cis men, it's deeply uncomfortable to navigate that space as anyone who isn't a cis man.
Then make a women’s league with trans people, a cis women’s league and a trans league if that’s possible at some point.
That simply won't happen. It's not a solution. Every sport, every league, suddenly splits down the middle over a political desire for exclusion of some of their players? Everyone loses...