tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730731680791340612.post4937905817956374349..comments2023-10-07T03:15:59.192-04:00Comments on Transcriptions of a Trans Athlete: Silently Screaming for a VoiceTrans-forming Athletehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291632338975936829noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730731680791340612.post-46742362795208969932010-05-12T03:53:29.451-04:002010-05-12T03:53:29.451-04:00Thanks for saying this. This needs to be said far ...Thanks for saying this. This needs to be said far more often by more people. As a trans male athlete myself, it is incredibly irksome that many people trans and cis alike will dismiss us because our "numbers are so few." Just because there are not a huge number of us out in the spotlight doesn't mean that our needs as athletes for safe places to compete can be dismissed. I'm very glad that there was a recent think tank about transgender athletes, but I think more needs to be done (as can be said of many many things). To some extent it seems like most people either have an unhealthy relationship with gender or assume that most people (i.e. society) has an unhealthy relationship with gender. I think this is especially evident in the assumptions held in the sporting world. It's a pity that many people don't realize that (1) everybody (yes, everybody) should have equal access to all areas of the sporting world regardless of gender and that (2) making this possible will help cis and trans, athletes and non-athletes. It would be interesting if a group of FTM athletes both out and not out made some noise, whether that be a blog, mini-conference, or the rumblings of dissent that are present now. I don't know what it will take to change the status quo, but I wish our trans brothers and sisters would support their athletes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com