Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC

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Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC - Lemmy.World

The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty. The ICC said it had taken the decision, following an extensive scientific review and nine-month consultation, to “protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players”. It joins rugby union, swimming, cycling, athletics and rugby league, who have all gone down a similar path in recent years after citing concerns over fairness or safety.

Why did my comment get removed? Lol Men are biology stronger and faster than women that’s the truth. Biology born men will have an advance in women sports and ruin it for women.

Example “Serena williams lost to 203rd man”

My comment isn’t meant to X-phobic or ill intended. Be open to debate and not censorship on lemmy.

Trans women aren’t biologically men.
How are they not?

Because hrt changes our biological characteristics. I have breasts and a hip curve of a cis woman. The trans man I know is growing hair like a cis man and is getting voice cracks like a pubescent boy.

We’re much closer to being intersex than our biological sex

I don’t think all trans women take HRT, though, right? I imagine most trans women normally go that route, but not all. Maybe the rules can be changed to specify that trans women can compete in women’s sports if they have been on an HRT regiment for long enough, or something.
There already are requirements for trans women to be taking HRT before competing against women. I believe the current one is 1 year. No cis man would want to take HRT that would cause them to grow boobs so that argument is moot.
Thank you. I always wondered about the requirements/qualification for that as I don’t really follow sports too much.