This is a naked assertion that contradicts the evidence which has been gathered and analyzed. The IOC and the PDGA's medical board have reviewed the available information and studies, and around the globe many experts have been hard at work on this, and they conclude the precise opposite of what you say. Convince them otherwise. What have you got?
I haven't seen this evidence gathered by the unnamed experts. It seems like you are just assuming that the IOC has acted on sound scientific reasons.
From what I can tell the study of the effects of hormone therapy and gender reassignment on athletic performance is still in it's infancy. The fact that the IOC recently cut it's allowable testonerone level for women in half is a good indicator that experts are still figuring this out.
I was able to find some evidence that pure running performance drops fairly significantly after taking testosterone blockers, but I don't see anything out there regarding more complex sports and skills.
I can tell you for sure that things like height, hand size, limb length, and bone structure will never change. Narrower hips, broader shoulders, stronger ligaments and tendons, and 20 plus years of muscle memory as a man all sound like an unfair advantage to me.
Our sport is self-officiated and built around trust and the benefit of the doubt. It's on the first page of the rule book in big letters. Transgender people are not inherently untrustworthy, and to single them out as such in a sport of trust is a slap in their face.
I never remotely implied transgenders were inherently untrustworthy. This was in response to post indicating that the pdga policy in practice would be to take all gender assertions at face value. To be clear I don't think there is any correlation between being trans and being a cheater. Point taken that the pdga is self officiated and doesn't currently have the resources to be otherwise. But if the sport continues to grow it would be appropriate to address this at the elite level.
Another naked assertion. As above, convince the experts otherwise.
I hope you're not implying that men and women aren't different pretreatment. As for post treatment see above for attributes that cannot be addressed.
Naked assertion. As above, convince the experts otherwise.
Still don't know who these experts are but here is one piece of real evidence. Men maintain and even increase their athletic advantage in old age when the hormonal disparity is greatly reduced.
This mischaracterizes supporters of transgender athletes of not actually believing what they are writing ("keyboard hero"). Subtly calling one's debate opponents liars is a shady tactic, so here, have a spotlight.
Wow, a gross mischaracterization of my statement. I absolutely did not question the sincerity of anyone's beliefs. I said the exact opposite, that they're compassion causes them to favor transgender athletes at the expense of biological females. The liar accusation is ridiculous.
In addition, you are accusing the PDGA of being cowards in the face of a dishonest mob. Not a good look.
You are really stretching it. I recognize that the pdga is not in a position to take a stand here. This was more a comment on athletic organizations as a whole. Pointing out an example of bravery does not make every else a coward.
They will have neither peace nor happiness when people deny them access to parts of public life for misguided reasons. You have not shown your work.
One groups rights can end when they infringe on another's. We make these choices all the time in our society. There is plenty of evidence to show that erring on the side of biological women is not misguided.
Here your animus for transgender people is laid bare: you would rather discriminate against intersex athletes than "accidentally" allow transgender ones to compete in the appropriate division. You'll throw one disadvantaged group under the bus just to stick it to another.
I can't imagine how anyone would interpret my post as showing animus to transgenders, and I certainly did not intend to imply that we should discriminate against intersex athletes. I meant the opposite, that we should be doing everything we can to accommodate and find the correct place for intersex individuals. I simply said that transgenders should not be allowed to piggyback off of intersex athletes to also gain access. Sorry if that was unclear, I was trying to avoid writing a thesis.
You may feel like you're being reasonable, because you're writing your ideas out in long form with good grammar and punctuation, but at the end of the day, your ideas are founded on nothing more than smoke, and needlessly hurt others.
The biological differences between men and women are not smoke. I'm not hurting anyone by saying men can't play with women. Disc golf is still a niche sport and these problems may never materialize, but if they do, hopefully someone can explain to biological females why they can't win a championship and how that doesn't hurt them.