▲ Transgender players who took part in a women’s university volleyball match in Canada held at the end of last month. While these five showed their skills throughout the game, other female players were criticized for having to stay on the bench, and a heated competition between transgender players broke out in a women’s college volleyball game held in Canada, causing controversy.
In the women’s volleyball game between Seneca College and Centennial College held in Toronto on the 24th of last month local time, a total of five transgender players walked the court at the same time.
Three transgender female players from Seneca College and two from Centennial College participated, and they led the game with tremendous force. Five players from different teams led the whole match, especially in serves and spikes, showing stronger power than other players.
The five transgender players played non-stop from start to finish, but other female players remained on the bench. The game ended with a victory for Seneca College, which had more transgender players.
When this scene was reported, some expressed discomfort, saying, “It can’t be considered a women’s volleyball game,” and “The real female players were sitting on the bench, and the biologically male players were beating their teammates and going into the game.” ▲ Canada hosted a game late last month, transgender athletes competing in college women’s volleyball. There was criticism that while these five showed their skills throughout the game, the other female players had to stay on the bench. There were also allegations that transgender players who were biologically closer to men had caused injuries to other female players. .
An anonymous source told local media, “Last November, a player from another team was diagnosed with a concussion after being hit by a ball thrown by a transgender Centennial College player. Last month, another transgender athlete from Seneca College concussed another athlete while attempting a strong spike during training.”
He continued, “Franz, a transgender player at Seneca College, played as a player on the men’s volleyball team in the 2022-23 season, and was named to the women’s volleyball team this year.” He added, “Some of the transgender players have not received hormone treatment or “As far as I know, he did not have surgery to remove his genitals,” he revealed.
Locally, there are concerns that some athletes could be harmed because there are no precise competition regulations for transgender athletes ▲ Meanwhile, American swimmer Leah Thomas, who competed in women’s competitions after her gender transition and had good results, is the cause of this debate It emerged amid analysis that transgender athletes dominate women’s sports across the United States and Canada.
Before that, American swimmer Leah Thomas (24) became controversial after joining the women’s swimming team through hormone therapy and showing overwhelming results. She placed first in the women’s 500-yard freestyle event at the National Collegiate Swimming Championships in March 2022, and at the same time became the first transgender woman to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimming championship.
However, voices criticized him, especially among female swimmers, and in February 2022, 16 members of the Pennsylvania women’s swim team told the Ivy League and universities, “Thomas has an unfair advantage.” She also sent a statement saying, “I support her gender identity outside the swimming pool, but not in the swimming pool.” ▲ American swimmer Leah Thomas, who competed in women’s events and had good results after transferring. AP Yonhap News also said, “It was terrible to share the same locker room with Leah Thomas, who did not have surgery to remove male genitalia,” and “I was forced to take off my clothes 18 times in one week in front of Thomas. , who is a biologically male 193cm tall and has intact male genitalia.” There were also voices complaining about damage, like “I had to take it off.”
The International Swimming Federation eventually took steps in June 2022 to effectively bar athletes who had undergone gender reassignment surgery from participating in women’s competitions, and Thomas filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport last month to compete in women’s competitions.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said, “Thomas recognizes that sport follows fair competition and that certain restrictions on transgender people are appropriate. However, because some provisions are discriminatory, we are asking for a review,” he said, adding, “A specific hearing schedule has not been announced yet.”
Reporter Song Hyeon-seo
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