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GW Women's Bball transgender player

slayer202

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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-georgewashington-transgenderplayer

WASHINGTON (AP)—A female-to-male transgender member of the George Washington women’s basketball team wants to be identified as a man this season.
Junior Kye Allums—who used to be known as Kay-Kay—is referred to on the school’s website as a “male member of George Washington’s women’s basketball team.”


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George Washington junior Kye Allums, who used to be known as Kay-Kay, will reportedly be the first publicly transgender person to play NCAA Division I college basketball.
(Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)


“GW has been supportive during this transition. This means a lot. I didn’t choose to be born in this body and feel the way I do. I decided to transition— that is, change my name and pronouns—because it bothered me to hide who I am, and I am trying to help myself and others to be who they are,” Allums said in a statement posted Tuesday on the website.
“I told my teammates first, and they, including my coaches, have supported me. My teammates have embraced me as the big brother of the team,” continued Allums, who turned 21 last month. “They have been my family, and I love them all.”
A story posted Monday on outsports.com reported that “Allums will be the first publicly transgender person” to play NCAA Division I college basketball. NCAA spokesman Rick Nixon did not immediately reply to a request for comment Tuesday from the AP.
GW senior vice provost Robert Chernak, who is the school’s senior vice president for student academic and support services, said Allums “has informed the university that he will not begin any medical or drug protocols while a student-athlete. The university consulted the NCAA regarding his competitive status. Kye will continue to be a member of the women’s basketball team.”
Chernak also said the university “supports Kye and his right to make this decision.”
Allums started 20 games for George Washington last season, averaging 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in 24.9 minutes. Allums scored a career-high 21 points in a 58-50 victory over La Salle on Jan. 24.
According to GW’s website, Allums was honored as the 2008 Minnesota Miss Basketball.
“The George Washington University women’s basketball program, including myself, support Kye’s right to make this decision,” head coach Mike Bozeman said in a statement on the school’s website.
George Washington opens its 2010-11 season on Nov. 13 against Green Bay in a tournament at Minneapolis
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So in "it's" mind it is a man. So why stay on the women's bball team?
 
slayer202 said:
no shit...why does IT want to stay on the women's bball team if IT thinks IT is a MAN
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Because he was born with the body of a woman, and the body of a woman can't compete with the body of a man in most sports, including basketball.
 
mugs said:
Because he was born with the body of a woman, and the body of a woman can't compete with the body of a man in most sports, including basketball.
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am I taking fucking crazy pills? If you think you are a man, get the fuck off the women's bball team. Who said anything about joining the men's team
 
slayer202 said:
am I taking fucking crazy pills? If you think you are a man, get the fuck off the women's bball team. Who said anything about joining the men's team
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You seem to care really passionately about this. That's kind of strange.
 
let me get this straight. he's a woman who wants to be a man who wants to be a woman playing basketball?

so it goes full circles:

woman -> man -> women's basketball -> woman
 
DougK62 said:
I don't see a problem. It's a woman playing on a woman's basketball team.
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No, used to be a woman, now a man, but still wants to play on the women's team. I see the point the OP is making but am really not sure how that should work. Are you officially considered to be a man at that point in time? Then technically you should only be eligible for men's basketball imho.

Another question, does a transgender go to the old locker room or the new?
 
mugs said:
Because he was born with the body of a woman, and the body of a woman can't compete with the body of a man in most sports, including basketball.
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Can other bodies of woman compete with the body of a woman pumped full of steroids?

And all of this begs the bigger question: Who fucking cares about womens basketball?
 
Man I don't get it. I'm all for sexual identity rights and such, but you have to freaking choose what side you're on. You can't say that you're on one side and try to reap the benefits of both.
 
well "it" hasn't started any medical procedures yet, so still technically a women I suppose, but I don't understand the logic
 
If she's not taking male hormones just let her play. Jeez, is it really that complicated. Does it really kill people that he likes to be referenced as he over she. They're both 1 syllable.
 
AyashiKaibutsu said:
If she's not taking male hormones just let her play. Jeez, is it really that complicated. Does it really kill people that he likes to be referenced as he over she. They're both 1 syllable.
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Exactly. Transgender does not imply that the player has received any type of medical intervention. Thus, if his biological sex is still female, then he should still technically be eligible to play on a women's basketball team.
 
If he/she is not on hormones and has not had any kind of surgery, then he/she should be able to compete on the women's team. However, this is certainly not the case if he looks like this:

Buck&
 
I think the defining factor is in the drug protocol. Until she starts taking them she is still physically a woman and it makes perfect sense for her to play on the womans team. For those freaking out you're stupid. If her team supports her as far as being addressed as a man, then why do you care?
 
Wait wait wait...

because it bothered me to hide who I am, and I am trying to help myself and others to be who they are
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You were born a woman and are trying to hide it by being something else. LOGIC FAIL
 
Malak said:
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You were born a woman and are trying to hide it by being something else. LOGIC FAIL
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Umm there's nothing wrong with that. There's lots of gay people who eventually come out as gay later in their life. That's not logic fail.
 
zerocool84 said:
Umm there's nothing wrong with that. There's lots of gay people who eventually come out as gay later in their life. That's not logic fail.
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:hmm: Your example has nothing to do with this in any way. Don't think you are getting the point.
 
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