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Simply create trans categories for sports. One for mtf and another for ftm. This is the fairest option to all. Remember, the gender categories in sport exist not because of outdated sexist beliefs, but to ensure a literal fair playing field.
It would be a pretty lonely competition, there arent that many trans athletes.
Sports are divided by gender, because it's easy. It has been done that way for a long time.
But how is a long jump competition between a 1,50m and a 1,90m woman fair?
It's not.
People who want fairness should see past easy binary characteristics. We are tracking hormone levels, muscle mass, body fat and countless other statistics in professional sports. Why can't we divide athletes in 3, 4, or more different groups?
Why don't all the people in support of trans people in sports just host their own events?
That way they can make their own rules.
1947: It's not fair that they want to add black people to white baseball leagues, what if they're better than the white players! Why don't all the people in support of black people just host their own sporting events? This is totally unfair.
2024: it's not fair that they want to add trans women to cis women's sports leagues. What if they're better than the cis female players! Why don't all the people in support of trans people just host their own events?
2124: it's not fair that they want to add [insert minority social group with limited population, power, and resources] to [thing majority group cares about keeping control of]. What if they [improve the overall product or system]? Why don't all the people that support [minority group] make a special [thing] just for them?
It's important to consider that this is not the first time society freaked out about who was allowed to pay in which sports league. It turned out fine last time, better, in fact.