Will LPGA Finally Stop Thinking Of Trans Golfers As He-Shes?
Thanks to a lawsuit from trans cop-cum-golfer Lana Lawless, the LPGA is reconsidering its ban on any players who were not “female at birth.” The rule was passed in 2008 because Lawless used her obvious man-cheating-strength to drive a ball 254 yard and win the Long Drive Championship. So Lawless sued over her after-the-fact ban, and it looks like things might turn out for the best.
At next months annual players meeting, an amendment to the LPGA constitution is proposed that will eliminate the rule. The LPGA’s executive committee is recommending to players they cast a vote in favor of trans acceptance. And if everyone falls in to line, Lawless might just have a shot at another LPGA title. If she qualifies, of course.
Beginning in the mid-1930s, when African-American women began to excel in track and field, their success was seen through a mainstream prism of success in a “mannish” sport and reinforced disparaging stereotypes.
In the late 1940s, an Olympic official, Norman Cox, sarcastically proposed that in the case of black women,
“The International Olympic Committee should create a special category of competition for them — the unfairly advantaged ‘hermaphrodites’ who regularly defeated ‘normal women,’ those less skilled ‘child bearing’ types with ‘largish breasts, wide hips and knocked knees.’ ”Medical science has shown that Trans women, after 2 years of hormone therapy after “the op”, have no greater muscle strength than standard factory models. Now Ms Lawless does have an advantage due to her height – but she’s no taller than some other women, who have even greater advantages there.
Her record length is also nowhere near the driving length of some other women.
But hey, why let facts get in the way?
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The beginning of the end for girls’ sports. I guess I should call my nieces and tell them to save their time and just get out of the way. Congrats PC police, you win– and this time the only ones who get screwed over are girls who are born girls.