Elliot Page Question

[Belsnickel]

(12-04-2020, 02:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am about as liberal as anyone here. And I have a transgender son. But even I realize there are some delicate issues that have to be addressed.

Using the bathroom should be no problem for anyone. No one watches anyone else use public bathrooms. But community showers can be an issue. Especially if there are children involved. Even I would have issues with an adult transgender female using a community shower with young girls present.

And another issue is transgender girls competing in girls sports. Not even hormones can reverse all of the benefits the transgender girls might have. It just is not fair.

I want to treat transgenders as equally as possible, but they have to understand that there are some lines that have to be drawn.

I get your position, but the research done thus far doesn't support it when it comes to trans girls/women in sports: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-016-0621-y?fbclid=IwAR0ZGGDsQIoLboWJfc8slvsxKwqVvYWyIHdtI-eHHfhryX9IoxepWshmu1Q

Obviously, this is something that needs more study and there are a ton of nuisance variables in the mix, as well. But it isn't as black-and-white as you make it seem.

You're also a far cry from being as liberal as anyone here, but that's a different conversation.