The human experience behind being a transgender athlete | Outside the Lines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2023
- The issue of whether transgender women should compete in women’s sports can be deeply personal and public, both for transgender athletes and those competing against them.
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A MAN IS A MAN AND A WOMAN IS A WOMAN GET OVER IT PEOPLE
Biologists and psychologists disagree but you can believe whatever you want to believe
@@JGHMusicyour a brainwashed pawn. You heard em if you a man you a man
@@JGHMusicTrue. Biologists definitely think men are women and women are men as long as they feel like one hard enough. Lmao.
@@JGHMusicNow you're just lying, smh
Bruh you’re the one screaming in all caps, I think you might be the one who needs to get over it 😂
ESPN just tryna go bankrupt than a mf😂😂😂😂😂
Well Disney owns them so…¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Kirbybros1and you guys have to understand, when you talk about this being by big corporations and “the alphabet mafia” of course it is. They’re doing it by design. These corporations are big enough to let everyone who whines die out. They dont mind taking massive losses because they can afford it. They’re trying to be on the right side of history and hoping that your kids’ kids won’t be so moronic 🤔
Critical thinking goes a long way, guys. It’s a worthwhile skill to learn
@@chiarosuburekeni9325take your own advice and learn how to think for yourself instead of being a sheep
They'll be fine. lol
This is disgusting ESPN
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The whole first half is pro Riley Gaines calm your tits😂
This is journalism. They didn’t take anyone’s side. They’re just putting the story out there.
This is sick
The only way this will end is for women to refuse to compete, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS LADIES.
Boycott ESPN ASAP
My mom came out as trans. Now I have two dads
Why boycott?
@@albertfralinger2711because OP is triggered. Bad
ESPNs trans series just platforms a bunch of bigots next to actual information so they can confuse their watchers into being a bigot
happens@@TransKidsMafia
I learned that I can be a woman and smashed all their record and maintain my manhood as a man. Yeah that’s interesting..
what a weird dude.. wanting to compete against woman
Gotta get that ESG score up..
My dad came out as trans. Now I have two moms
@@TransKidsMafia A man can never become a woman
I stand with Riley Gaines
Biological men are real men.
Boy how I wished the dislike button still mattered 😭
Install ad in and you'll see the number of dislikes...it's huge
Im here for the comment section only
Always Remember Espn & Disney go hand & hand 😮💨
I wish we could see how many dislikes there are
It is easy to restore it with simply one add in
Download the chrome TH-cam dislike button extension. Will show you the number of dislikes a video has
47 likes, 56 dislikes right now
It's time we had a social media company "for the people" who gave the people what the people wanted. We want the barf react, the dislike button, all of it, NOW. I wanna know what profiles have visited mine like MySpace would tell you before Facebook stole and sold all that data, told us we can't even use or look at it anymore. I want it all back. I want a social media site that doesn't ban free speech and personalities. If people want to fight and cuss in the comment sections, let 'em. It's not different had they done it at the grocery the police can be right there if that's the place they need to be.
Zuckerberg got us hacked in 2016 by the russians and now all the social media giants ban americans free speech and ability to create content freely.
Everyone speaks on equal rights until a man enters the same restroom as your daughter
Pretty sure that women abuse girls just like men abuse boys. If you’re a predator, you’re a predator. Doesn’t matter what your or gender sexual orientation. Let’s not let fear drive this discourse.
I believe in equal rights.
A creepy man in dress should face the same consequences a regular man does
This is not even a debate of course men should not be competing in woman's sports and anyone that says they should is obviously off their rocker. Riley Gaines is a civil rights hero.
😂 i wonder why you never see the chicks that want to be men getting into mens sports
Women aren’t insensitive and ignorant enough to do it let alone physiologically be in the same league strength wise
We don't have the testosterone to compete with men.
Because no one cares. People aren't anti-man, but they are anti-women. That's ehy they focus on women's sports with regards to trans people.
Did any of you ACTUALLY watch the video? The comment section shows, no
No they didn’t lol they are literally exposing the transgenders
Yes we watched. ESPN spread lies saying a man swimming is a woman.
I stand with Riley
I’m sitting on the toilet
Get in
Well it’s a official, ESPN is controlled by the alphabet mafia!
Unoriginal joke
Unfunny joke.
Bro really triggered by acronyms
@cobaltblau8859: Please! That cult is so insane they think men can get pregnant. If that doesn’t tell you a lot about that cult, then you need some serious help.
Stephen A and Shannon Sharpe the next trans analysts
😢😢Women do not have a Y chromosome. Good riddance, Thomas. It will be interesting to see if Thomas ever goes back to living as a man in the decades to come. After all, he is still sexually intact as a man.
So basically because dude couldnt compete with the men. You decided to compete with women to wlhave the advantage. 😂
I mean that's not even a debate you should only compete with you biological equals
Bro be trans and compete with dudes.. why u gotta compete with the girls bro? Be fr
are you kidding me ESPN.
You guys have lost it!
Y'all need to pray
ESPN just slobbering on the democrat boot
We have womens sports for a reason this is quite simply tainting sport itself and everything it stands for this is a dark day indeed
A biological man shouldn’t be competing against woman. End of discussion. Are we really going to Let Mike Tyson become trans and compete against real woman? No. Homie shouldn’t be allowed to compete against a real woman in basketball, baseball or whatever
The phrase "biological man" is so dumb. All living things are biological, the phrase makes as much sense as when the Republicans say "woke"
Let Enes Freedom play in the WNBA yah bigots
Oh boy now more than ever do I wish I could see the dislikes on a TH-cam video...
Stop with this wicked stuff man smh the devil is a liar !
Regardless of what you believe, I am glad there are conversations and criticisms happening. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing. We can be open to listen to trans people and "transphobes"
You mean misogynists and women
There's a false dichotomy here. In the 1950s black women were kept out of women's sports for white women's safety and because blacks were so much stronger and faster than white women. (Sound familiar?)
A few years ago the US Air Force conducted a study on trans women vs cis women. After 1 year trans women completed slightly above cis women and far below men. After 2 years there was no real difference except in speed. (Trans women are naturally taller on average so slightly faster.)
1 side is saying, "change isn't fair because we deserve to win."
The other side is saying, "we deserve to be included."
Politics is siding with white women.
@@r-platt There isn't anything in my original comment that is a false dichotomy. I am simply saying we should listen to people even if we disagree with them.
Can you direct me to this US Air Force study? I am finding "transwomen still had a 9% faster mean run speed after the 1 year period of testosterone suppression that is recommended by World Athletics for inclusion in women's events." from Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators. Additionally "values for strength, LBM and muscle area in transwomen remain above those of cisgender women, even after 36 months of hormone therapy." which comes from a systematic review of literature - How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation
yet steroid use is banned??? lol
This comment full of ppl claiming to boycott ESPN (while watching it) is ironic bc it’s the only comment section you’ll see these men “defending” women’s sports.
Compare their comments here to their comments on WNBA videos
Jokes all of you 😂😂😂
Did you even watch the video? There are literally male protesters in the video in public defending women’s sports. We defend women’s sports everywhere, if you stepped outside once in a while you would notice
re-read my comment. "comment section" does not equal "video". literacy isn't hard @@RyanAndrews-ch6cw
2 wrongs don’t make a right. Men mocking the WNBA is wrong, and men competing against women is also wrong.
i never took a stand on anything, im pointing out hypocrisy wherever i see it :) @@AlexJaneson
Utterly incoherent comment. Ppl are mad bc it’s so fundamentally unfair. If mentally ill adults entered a little league and crushed the kids… ppl would be outraged and flock to leave comments.
It’s not bc they care deeply about kids little leagues. It would be bc it’s so fundamentally disgusting what these cheats are doing. And we humans have a natural rage and disgust towards bullies and cheats. Like transwomen who enter womens sports.
You’re missing the point entirely.
Y’all ain’t even watching the video, the whole first half is Pro Riley Gaines 🤷♂️
And the other half gives lia Thomas a voice. We don’t support men pretending to be women
The problem is that there is no “both sides” to this issue. I don’t care what “gender identity” Lia Thomas clams to have, he’s a man, period.
ESPN is just reporting both sides of a sports issue and THAT IS OK! Go ahead and boycott them but don’t be a hypocrite and still watch them sports ball games. I appreciate hearing both sides of the story no matter what side you stand by, that’s news folks.
sorry you dummy, this is unmoral and disgusting.!
ESPN did a great job! Both sides aren’t being heard without someone getting cancelled. ESPN can definitely take whatever hate they may get for doing these episodes. Again, great job to them.
It’s not ok! Spreading lies and misinformation about gender is ridiculous.
@@Eddie12344 What lies did ESPN tell???
NBWS- Natural Born Women Sports
About the 5th & 6th place trophy, top 3 only gets them at Olympics
Time to boycott ESPN with this non sense!!!!
I think this is silly if we're so worried about the effects of an uneven playing field, then people like Floyd Mayweather Jr, Rocky Marciano, Wilt Chamberlain, Usain Bolt, Michael Jordan and LeBron James shouldn't be allowed to compete since they're so much better than everyone else in their respected sports, I mean is that what we're looking for, parity? Should every Major League organization have the exact same amount of money to spend?
Should all players once they've reach a certain level be disqualified, where does it end?
Personally I always liked watching Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs.
by that logic we should remove the WNBA and just expand the NBA to hold more teams, so that the women can hold a spot in the NBA. It would be great the women would get paid so much more. But why wouldn't that happen? Because we would have 800 men and 0 women coming out to play every night. It's like doping but the effects are 10x, and the reason that doping is bad is because you gain an unfair advantage without putting in the effort to obtain those advantages naturally. Well this is the same, but 10x.
And I guess we can ignore the fact that Bobby Riggs didn't actually mean to win, supported by the fact that Serena Williams, the greatest female tennis player in our generation, said herself she would lose 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 to any top-performing male athlete out there.
If we went by your standards, zero women would ever reach the highest level of their respective sports. Why do you want to obliterate women’s sports? Men are men, and women are women, period, no matter what special identity they may claim to have.
No one wants to watch the Titanic hit the iceberg but destiny is a mf!
Y’all wrong for that
No one is watching the video, they are just seeing the word trans, having a meltdown, and going upstairs to cry to their parents who desperately want them to move out of the basement already.
The funniest part is that this is the only video you'll find them defending women's sports.
Nick buddy go touch some grass 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@Cdub541 Sounds like you're complaining about something you clicked on. I bet you do that a lot.
@@Cdub541 Just laughing at the Karens wanting to speak to Disney's manager.
The problem is that the second half of this video is a sob story about Lia Thomas, an autogynephilic man who had no business competing against women.
I believe there are a lot of things that happen in the boy's locker room that isn't talked about. I didn't like to participate in the gym because the guys were freaks and bullied other boys. But I think that a transgender team would be a great thing for trans to be about to express themselves through athletic means. But I think that the young lady who didn't win was more concerned about winning herself. Not that she shouldn't feel overlooked but she is still a female and she could let them be a teachable moment to thing about inclusion.
Thank you for repeating the EXACT reasoning and resolution used against POC in the 1950s. Segregation works so well.
Did you notice that Lia never once broke a world record? That means at some time a woman beat every single one of Lia's times.
Lia also placed 5th with Riley. How is it possible 4 other girls were faster than Lia if she's so much stronger and faster?
Lia is also the very best trans athlete yet people like Riley hold Lia up as the _average_ trans athlete.
It's all lies and half-truths designed to keep the correct people at the top.
Bout not to watch espn
Not one forced you to watch anyways.
No one cares bill
@@JGHMusicI care, speak for yourself
@@jessicalush251 you care that a random person you don’t know isn’t gonna watch espn?
@@JGHMusic yup
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LoL!!!!!!!!!
Betting opportunity?
Unsubscribed once I saw the title goodbye
Keep politics out of sports. Stop being woke
Social activism has been a part of sports for at least 100 years.
@@alanrubenstein7618social activism never included ruining sports by letting men dominate women’s sports
It doesn't now either.
@@alanrubenstein7618 lia Thomas, but nice try
@alanrubenstein7618: WHAT? If you can’t except the basic biological reality that men are physically strong than women on average, your in an insane cult, guy.
People seem to be more on the side of taking away opportunities for transgender athletes because discrimination against people like us is embedded in our society. People seem to forget that there is such a small sample size of trans women in sports. People seem to overlook the effects of testosterone suppression on them.
Take it from me, I am a trans woman who runs competitively. I perform worse now among girls in my age group than I once did amongst boys, and I never stopped my training. I’ve been on testosterone suppression for a little bit over a year.
You're a narcissistic cheat who bulldozers your way over real women
Compete against other Trans people. Problem solved.
Lol lia Thomas came in 5th place. That means four ciswoman did better than her. But transwoman are dominating 😱 gimme a break 🤦🏾♀️
Lia never broke a single world record.
That means at some point a cis woman beat every single one of Lia's top times.
Lia is by far the very best trans athlete yet Riley and those like her pretend Lia is AVERAGE.
And in that 500 yard freestyle, the record was 9 seconds faster than Lia. People were up-in-arms over Lia's almost 2 second lead.
Never thought I’d be unsubscribing from espn 💯😂
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😂 espn is trying to go out of business
Someone wake me up 😮
This is a complete joke!
SO TF WHAT.
Guys we weren't watching womens sports anyways 😂. How are we gonna boycott them?
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Disgrace dislike this video
Just out of order and dead wrong!
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ESPN did a great job! Both sides aren’t being heard without someone getting cancelled. ESPN can definitely take whatever hate they may get for doing these episodes. Again, great job to ESPN.
Why do you want women to have to put themselves in danger to compete against men? There is no “both sides” to this issue. Men are men, and women are women. I don’t care what “gender identity” these male cheaters claim to have.
Ew
What if an athlete’s birth gender is both male and female AKA hermaphroditism?
What about athletes who are short? Should I get to play in the NBA? I feel left out because of my genetics! It’s pretty much the same thing.
There is a South African Caster Semenye, a runner ,who is like that. She competes in women races. She has been BANNED from some competition because testosterone gave her an unfair advantage. They said she had to take some medication to lower the testosterone. She is lesbian and appears to play the male role in the relationship. I think her competing with females is absolutely unfair.
@@nothembajozi2862 Caster Semenya is a man with underdeveloped genitalia
Intersex people are either male or female. There is no human being on this planet who is both male and female.
All these cry babies in the comments. Their kids are probably TH-camrs 🤣🤣🤣
Cringe
@@JesusOrDestruction lol, right!?! Poor kids
@@JesusOrDestruction lol! Right!?! Poor babies
Thanks ESPN
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Thanks in the comments I’m not watching this BS
It's Unfair But! To Much Of A Risk To Female Born Athletes Having Trans Woman Compete With Em.
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