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One of the many problems of the “debate” (one that only accepts input from one side, interestingly) about trans women competing in women’s sports is that it purports to speak for women athletes. Let’s grant transphobes the premise that trans women aren’t women (they are) and that trans women have some kind of biological advantage over cis women (they don’t). That still doesn’t justify the exclusion of trans women from women’s sports. Arguing for that relies on the extra assumption that I, as a female athlete, do not want to compete against men. I never said that. I train with cis and trans male and female partners almost every day. I have repeatedly sparred a cisgender man ~12 inches taller than me and over a hundred pounds heavier. Why is it assumed that I suddenly become helpless the moment it stops being practice? Why is it assumed I didn’t want to go against him? Why are those assumptions allowed as givens for why women shouldn’t be allowed in women’s sports?