So what's "fair" here?

[mjr]

Story:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mee...eSK?li=BBnbfcL

Is it fair to let the student wrestle girls? Should the student wrestle boys? Should they not wrestle at all?

Somebody's getting screwed either way.

[Greenday]

The irony of this story is that there's a high probability that the people who created the rules to prevent boys from pretending to become girls to wrestle them are the ones bitching about how a girl-turned-boy isn't being treated like a boy.

They made the rules, now they bitch about how the rules are applied.

[wolfie]

Of course, the people who created the rules are probably grumbling "If the government would only let us practice our religion, there would be no problem, since our religion requires that abominations be burned at the stake".

[s_stabeler]

Frankly, in this case, I think it makes sense for a woman who has elevated testosterone to fight in the men's events regardless of transgender status. The reason for the split is because the elevated testosterone does give an unfair advantage- normally, elevated testosterone would be cheating. ( however, those saying he cheated are wrong- he was FORCED to compete in the girls' division, and cheating requires malice)

But ultimately, I'd say let transgender kids compete with those in their "new" gender where it matters, with an exception for cases where testosterone matters, in which case, if they have elevated testosterone, they compete with the men. (for MTF transsexuals, acknowledging they aren't men, but explaining it makes a fairer competition.)

edit- to make it clear, it is unfair that he had an advantage due to testosterone, but he had already tried everything he could reasonably do to be able to compete with the boys, not the girls- and from the sounds of it, made an effort not to injure his competitors. He is not the one to blame.