Bootney Lee Farnsworth
Diamond Member
Let their ignorance be the downfall of Title IX!"USA Powerlifting, the sanctioning body for the strength sport in the United States, does not allow trans women to lift competitivelybecause it says that men "naturally have a larger bone structure, higher bone density, stronger connective tissue, and higher muscle density than women. The argument put forward by the organization could explain why the same debate doesn't occur for trans men competing in men's categories.
These traits, even with reduced levels of testosterone do not go away," the organization says. "While [trans women] may be weaker and less muscle [sic] than they once were, the biological benefits given them at birth still remain over that of a female."
The biggest thing critics continually get wrong about transgender athletes competing in women's sports
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