Former Biden HHS official Adrian Shanker says the president’s “wild statement” in South Carolina shows why politicians have no place between patients and providers.

When Graham appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program afterward, she attempted to recover by pivoting from her lack of national security knowledge to transgender athletes, as The Advocate reported.

“Of course, Taiwan is our friend,” Graham said. “But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about making ends meet. They are concerned about boys in girls’ sports.”

Trump continued that strategy Friday by making transgender people a central part of his argument for Graham. He attacked Andrews as a “far-left political hack who supports transgender for everybody” and accused her of telling “confused children they’re trapped in the wrong body.”

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Trump may have conflated those medical procedures with agreements his Justice Department has forced on two major hospital systems. Those settlements require Texas Children’s Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic to establish or fund services for people who voluntarily seek to detransition. They do not order hospitals to perform surgery on anyone.

In May, Texas Children’s agreed to pay the state $10 million, end gender-affirming care for minors and establish what federal officials called the country’s first “restorative care” clinic for detransitioners. The Houston hospital also agreed to terminate five physicians connected to its transgender health program and permanently revoke their privileges, as The Advocate reported.

  • Komatoes@discuss.online
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    3 days ago

    High school sports don’t require any sort of hormones. Most sports don’t have official hormone-length schedules. But no, the advantage is not “negligible”. Height, limb length, joint size, heart and lung size, etc. are all fixed features. There minimal overlap between these aspects between men and women. A 5"10" person is average height for a male, but in the top range for females.

    Longitudinal studies examining the effects of testosterone suppression on muscle mass and strength in transgender women consistently show very modest changes, where the loss of lean body mass, muscle area and strength typically amounts to approximately 5% after 12 months of treatment. Thus, the muscular advantage enjoyed by transgender women is only minimally reduced when testosterone is suppressed. Sports organizations should consider this evidence when reassessing current policies regarding participation of transgender women in the female category of sport. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-020-01389-3

    And yes, certain “intersex” males should also not be competing in female sports.

    because women’s sports aren’t sufficiently appreciated. Yep, the old argument: It doesn’t matter because women’s sports (i.e. women) aren’t important. The feelings of a ______ outrank the fairness in competition of a woman. Look at Veronica Ivy, who decided to take up cycling, dominated it, and casually turned to golf, and is now dominating it. So why isn’t Veronica Ivy choosing not to make all that money playing against men?

    And as far as I see, women who don’t identify as women are still primarily choosing to play in women’s sports.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      3 days ago

      “women who don’t identify as women” tells me a lot about your bias against trans people in general.

      If Veronica Ivy chose to testosterone out and play as a man the profits would be considerably higher, even at a lower rank.

      Most trans women who play in women’s sports do so because it’s the only way they can play without denying their essential identity.

      Women’s sports are important. Women are important. Trans women are women.